ricochet
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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
After Chung and Klugo huddle, they line up on the court like two halves of the same body, moving in tandem as the balls ricochet off rackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ms. Frank’s unconventional, imaginatively orchestrated score maps their dreamlike journey as they ricochet through different planes of existence, and find resolution together in their love and their art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Therefore, it can ricochet through even a thick layer of dense material without losing much energy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
Instead, it ricochets off my bat like a bullet.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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The firm’s unraveling ricocheted across the financial world, especially on now-defunct Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which had sold loans by the firm to its clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
A shot from Colton Sissons on the right wing ricocheted off Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba and went straight to Marner, who was charging into the slot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
It's a phrase that first ricocheted through Budapest during Hungary's ill-fated anti-communist uprising of 1956.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
They were less books than notebooks, filled with rambling transcriptions of his own internal conversations that ricocheted off one another at unpredictable angles.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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One of their 24-lb. rifled parrot shells ricochetted over from the front one day with out exploding.
From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by James Robert Maxwell
Overhead the lightning crackled and the thunder ricochetted from the distant hills.
From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Grace Brooks Hill
He tossed the coffee cup over his shoulder and it ricochetted in graceful slow motion against the far wall.
From PRoblem by Alan Edward Nourse
Marjorie, by the way of answer, hit her ball so that it jumped and missed his, ricochetted across the lawn and out of the ground on the further side.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He had not gone twenty yards when another shot ricochetted off a stone, and flew up into the air with a shrill chirrup.
From Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery
Now, the template of how the team made a softer, affordable diaper is ricocheting across the $33 billion company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025
Another defensive mess in the second half resulted in Dane Murray's attempted clearance ricocheting off Gabri Martinez and into the back of the net.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
He slammed into the trunk of a tree, ricocheting off.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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From cunningly concealed shore batteries, that seemed to multiply with hydra-headed persistence, German shells hurtled through the air, for the most part ricochetting harmlessly.
From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
A ball struck close to the stroke-oar of the gig, deluging its occupants with water and ricochetting over the gunwale of the boat, between the stroke-oar and Mr. Hethcote.
From Jack Archer by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The first ball fired fell short of the brig, striking the water directly in its wake, and ricochetting again threw up the water beyond it.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various
"Uncle, do they pronounce that ricochaying or ricochetting?"
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
Miss Angie's funeral-day dawned ashen as dusk—a sodden day, with the same autumn rain beating its one-tone tap against the windows and ricochetting down the panes, like tears down a woman's cheeks.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst
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