carom
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Additionally, it’s unclear where Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Obama will be staying during their time in Los Angeles, but freeway closures should be expected when their motorcades carom around town.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2024
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
But the ways in which its characters collide and carom off the walls are strictly funny-pages stuff.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Three boys who lived around the corner on Orinda were at the carom table, which is like pool but with small wooden disks instead of balls.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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