as in bounces
to strike and fly off at an angle
the ball ricocheted off the fielder's glove and went over the fence for a home run
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Recent Examples of ricochets
At the center of it all is the consumer who will be out there on the other side of the phone as the show ricochets around the internet.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ricochets
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But the whiplash is real as the movie bounces from feel-good numbers in the Neil Diamond songbook to just utter heartbreaking tragedy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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Davis, wearing a particularly Bo Peep-y set of pink panniers, turns the character into a masterpiece of clownery, sulking delightfully and throwing magnificent tantrums while her arrangement of topknots—the hair designer is Robert Pickens—bounces on her head like a prize curly lamb.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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Reed rebounds from rough first half Reed looked nothing like the player who went into the AMP last season and dominated for 24 points, 18 rebounds and six blocks in the first half on Wednesday.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Horned Frogs turned those offensive rebounds into 20 second-chance points.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Ricochets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ricochets. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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