bounce off
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The “bug” that sank Strategy’s stock earlier this year was falling bitcoin prices, but that’s also been the “feature” that has driven such a big bounce off the February low.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
“But wait, you say, ‘I’ve seen them dance and somersault, and even bounce off walls.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
The core gives way, the surrounding layers fall inward, and then bounce off the dense center.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025
New feature allow characters to instead bounce off walls with a double jump.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Fermi used graphite to slow down the speed- ing neutrons—he knew that neutrons would bounce off the carbon atoms that make up graphite and lose speed.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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