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Williamson’s game-winner bounced off the dirt near home plate, kicking up a cloud of white chalk as it bounded high over Jake Bauers’ head and into right field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
In its early years, the country bounded across a continent with the Louisiana Purchase, the annexation of Texas and the conquest of California.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mortgage rates bounded higher earlier this year as the war fed into higher inflation expectations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
At a Sacramento stop Friday, he bounded around chatting with about four dozen mostly union supporters, wearing trademark Nikes, this time a vintage pair with a tartan plaid swoop.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Kyle bounded up the marble steps and entered the lobby, where the statue of Mr. Lemoncello—with his head tilted back and water spewing out of his puckered fish lips—was gurgling away again.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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