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bouncy

[baun-see] / ˈbaʊn si /


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There will be snacks, drinks, live music, kid crafts, a bouncy house, a handful of actors in Shakespearean garb and scads of neighbors being neighborly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The way Banton hits the ball at the top of the bounce looks suited to the bouncy pitches of South Africa, where the majority of the World Cup will be played.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

At an annual block party, they jumped around in a bouncy house and climbed into the local firetruck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

He’ll probably put an inflatable bouncy castle in the Capitol building, and I’m actually perfectly fine with that.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Ed was into the opening sequence of his middle act, the records bouncy ones with good beats.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Historically, the Gabba is even bouncier than the Perth Stadium and sits as the bounciest pitch anywhere in the world.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

The model showed that runners should run faster on softer, bouncier tracks that supported a runner's natural gait.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024

The higher the COR, the bouncier the ball.

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2022

Ruth's hair is bouncier and darker, her eyeglasses even more oversized.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2022

The result was a bouncier, more voluminous curl than one has come to expect from a standard curling wand — and lacked the singed smell often associated with irons.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2018

Balls are about the size of a mature orange and the bounciest of the bunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Historically, the Gabba is even bouncier than the Perth Stadium and sits as the bounciest pitch anywhere in the world.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

The Toronto Raptors are going to the Eastern Conference Finals thanks to the bounciest buzzer-beater you will ever see under normal gravitational conditions.

From Slate ● May 12, 2019

Surprisingly, though, several of the bounciest poems are actually mini-tragedies.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016

Old Trafford, where the second Test will start on Friday, has the quickest, bounciest square in the country, and Finn is looking forward to the experience.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010




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