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bouncing

[baun-sing] / ˈbaʊn sɪŋ /








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“I think it’s her bouncing around on public safety items that has fed this rumor. ... I think she’s just got a credibility issue when it comes to public safety.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The hypnotic hook on “I Give Everything I Have 2 U” comes from a late-’60s soul obscurity, and then the singers’ voices are clipped into tiny fragments and transformed into a bouncing rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Microsoft ran it with Clippy, the bouncing paperclip that came with Office as far back as the 1990s.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

"I want everyone bouncing out of there because it's a joyful musical, even though there's some absolutely heartbreaking moments in it."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now she was bouncing with eagerness to drop them in the post.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood


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