ricochet

Engineers said they were able to debunk some "myths", including that bullets can ricochet off the curve in the ballistic plate.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

That means any deteriorating credit backdrop, a pickup in credit losses or higher yields still could ricochet through private credit or other publicly traded funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Unlucky Torino centre-back Coco saw the ball come off him and ricochet into the net in the 74th minute when his teammate Luis Asue attempted to clear a free-kick.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

Their best hope is putting a body part in the way—and hoping a Capitals teammate isn’t there to redirect the ricochet into the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2025

Therefore, it can ricochet through even a thick layer of dense material without losing much energy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

As AI spending ricochets across the enterprise, many organization leaders still can’t say with confidence what they’re actually getting for it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Is anyone alive in here?!" the voice of Moises Faramaya ricochets around the ruins of the same neighborhood.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

In her refusal to shy away from the grime and grit of Yuknavitch’s story, Stewart creates a startlingly raw atmosphere that ricochets between discordant and truly inspiring.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

She ricochets around from store to store, coupons in hand, seeking bargains as if on a treasure hunt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

The word doesn’t pass my lips, but it ricochets through me until I am rocked raw and split open.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

But then he appeared to backtrack after his critique made headlines and ricocheted around social media.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Alek Thomas led off with a double to left that ricocheted off the wall on a hop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Video of Altman looking quizzically at the investigator ricocheted around the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The Monroe appearance then ricocheted across the internet with the kind of viral intensity traditional late-night television has not generated in years.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

The second ricocheted off the side of his bike, almost causing him to lose control.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Suddenly the car skidded on a slippery hillside, turned from the road, plowed through a clump of scrub, ricochetted against a dark obstruction, poised a moment on two wheels, turned around and stopped.

From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead

The missile passed a few feet in front of the tramp's bows, and, throwing up a shower of spray that burst inboard on the British vessel's fo'c'sle, ricochetted a mile or so away.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Edward S. Hodgson

It ricochetted and struck again half a mile outside.

From The Boys of '98 by James Otis

At intervals the wind came laden with fine snow or jagged crystalline icicles which ricochetted from the rocks like things of life.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

"That other feller knows his business, Elder," remarked Nevada as a slug ricochetted past his head.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford

Because helium’s industrial uses are so broad, shortages are ricocheting through multiple sectors and countries at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Here, Smith shows off his footballing skills to stop the ball from ricocheting on to the stumps during the Lord's Test.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025

The incident has fueled a storm of late-summer ridicule, with memes ricocheting across social media and commentators pointing to the almost slapstick nature of the scandal.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

She tried to disentangle the jumble of thoughts ricocheting through her all at once, demanding her attention.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

A minute later two puffs of smoke from different vessels shot out into the clear evening air, the balls ricochetting from the water in each case a few yards away.

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey

The heavy ball struck the water a few yards ahead of the chase, and, ricochetting into the air, plunged into the sea a mile beyond it.

From The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The pioneer sunbeam of next Christmas morning rattled over the Dunderbunk hills, flashed into Richard Wade’s eyes, waked him, and was off, ricochetting across the black ice of the river.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various

It seemed as if nothing could prevent the projectiles from Kilid Bahr and the adjacent batteries ricochetting into Chanak and the forts on the Asiatic shore.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The rain is followed by hailstones which fly through the defile in battalions—rolling, hopping, ricochetting, snapping, clattering down the shelving banks in an undefinable haze of confusion. 

From A Changed Man; and other tales by Thomas Hardy