carom
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Ferociously bizarre balls of arms, legs and heads carom across the countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
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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