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bounce

[bauns] / baʊns /






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Uneven bounce has not yet been a factor but one ball to Rickelton shortly after tea also shot low.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

It was Nov. 1, 1946, and Ossie Schectman of the New York Knicks took a bounce pass and scored on a two-handed underhand layup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Two similar periods to the post-Liberation Day bounce are the ones after hedge fund Long Term Capital Management had to be rescued in 1998 and the Covid panic in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The stock market’s latest slide delivered a rare metric that last time produced an immediate bounce but trouble for equities in subsequent sessions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Try not to jerk or bounce, Ms. Brennan,” she told me.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

Honesty around line calls, double bounces and double-hits.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

When there are unknowns about how an industry will metabolize certain technological changes, they want to hire someone who bounces back from mistakes and takes setbacks in stride.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Wimbledon, however, with its unpredictable footing and fickle bounces, has made her wait.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Fluky bounces can swing series and the winningest teams from the regular season can just as easily get swept in the first round as the wild card clubs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The bounces said: summer, Atlanta, and my best friend, Rishi.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

So it just feels like it’s bounced around, and there isn’t any one person that can say, ‘Here’s how the problem gets solved.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

I’d just bounced across New York Harbor in a motorboat with my friend Diana in the middle of a summer storm and we were both soaked and famished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Referee Phoebe Cross pointed to the spot when Lisa Baum's shot bounced off the post and Tandberg's clearance hit the outstretched hand of her Spurs team-mate Ella Morris nearby.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In a positive sign, Payne noted that once the 10-year Treasury yield has hit roughly 5.30%, the market has bounced off that level several times now.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

But it bounced back and forth between me and Charlie and then jumped to Glenn.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Schoenbrun confidently guides readers down winding, interconnected roads, bouncing between online cults and peculiar digital ephemera to weave a gripping search for truth in a time when the internet has made everything fiction.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Somewhere in this chain of revelations, a persistent question began bouncing around the internet: Aren’t these … crimes?

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

“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

Inching his way toward its melody and then playing it outright, he explores its harmonic implications and its relationship to the sturdy yet bouncing bass line upon which his composition is built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The blue fox was back up on her feet, bouncing in front of Duane in sheer delight.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el


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