ricocheted
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Klein took the loss after he took over for the Dodgers in the sixth and immediately gave up a double to Hunter Goodman before Ezequiel Tovar’s grounder ricocheted off Klein’s left foot and right knee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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
Kalulu struck in the 73rd minute when Pisa defender Arturo Calabresi's attempted clearance from a Weston McKennie cross ricocheted off the Frenchman and into the net.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
The deadpan exchange has ricocheted across social media as a perfect encapsulation of the odd, stiff-smiling dynamic between two politicians who recently spent months raging against each other online.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2025
Ideas ricocheted off ideas, like atoms splitting atoms.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
