carom
Example Sentences
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But Muharemovic got his feet crossed, allowing the ball to carom to Balogun who did the rest, sweeping the ball into the net with his left boot from about 15 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
As Daccord went to play the puck, it took an odd carom right past him and on to the stick of Cousins — who didn’t miss the wide open net.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
Call perfectly played the carom off the wall on Michael Pérez’s two-out drive in the ninth off Kyle Finnegan holding Pérez to a single.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2023
That goes beyond the first dent from 64-51 to 64-53, which occurred when Miami’s Wooga Poplar threw an inbound pass off a Texas player’s back, caught the carom and dunked.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023
We can send notes, telephone, whisper cryptic invitations, announce the giving of parties, even bounce words off the moon and make them carom around the planets.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
