ricochet
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Engineers said they were able to debunk some "myths", including that bullets can ricochet off the curve in the ballistic plate.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Anchored on a near-orchestral soundstage, its 20 tracks ricochet from in-your-face punk dissonance to majestic broken-heart dirges, a lovely duet with St. Vincent, rootsy folk interludes and farfisa-rich lounge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
That means any deteriorating credit backdrop, a pickup in credit losses or higher yields still could ricochet through private credit or other publicly traded funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Unlucky Torino centre-back Coco saw the ball come off him and ricochet into the net in the 74th minute when his teammate Luis Asue attempted to clear a free-kick.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
Plenty of players had their basketballs ricochet off their knees or sneakers.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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"Is anyone alive in here?!" the voice of Moises Faramaya ricochets around the ruins of the same neighborhood.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
In her refusal to shy away from the grime and grit of Yuknavitch’s story, Stewart creates a startlingly raw atmosphere that ricochets between discordant and truly inspiring.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
The book ricochets back and forth in time, with such section headings as “Twelve Days Before the Robbery” and “Thirteen Years Earlier.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
There's almost a Ben Stokes World Cup final 2019 moment, as Sciver-Brunt comes back for the second and the throw in from the fielder ricochets off her bat.
From BBC ● May 16, 2024
When my head comes into sight, a gasp ricochets through the living room.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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Close-up shots of him face-to-face with Holmes have ricocheted across social media and already become the stuff of meme gold.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Djokovic was serving for a place in the final when the ball ricocheted off the back of the court.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
His words immediately ricocheted around the internet, as it’s generally understood that humans are the victimizers in such situations.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Video of Altman looking quizzically at the investigator ricocheted around the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It rebounded on the balls of Mulch’s thumbs and ricocheted back into the goblin’s head.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Instead of sinking, the shot ricochetted from the water and carried away the bow of the boat in passing, whirling it round and almost overturning it.
From The Battle and the Breeze by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The first ball fired fell short about fifty yards, and then ricochetted nearly across the lake.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
The ball skimmed over the grass, struck a hummock which had been overlooked by the builders of the diamond, and ricochetted upward into the hapless Mosher youngster's stomach.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely
Dave had ricochetted ever since between amusement and chagrin at her generalship.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
A few moments after another struck the ground right by us and ricochetted.
From From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw by William Meade Dame
The night before, she’d been in Brooklyn, celebrating the release of her highly-anticipated “Exit Party,” which is ricocheting up bestseller lists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Because helium’s industrial uses are so broad, shortages are ricocheting through multiple sectors and countries at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025
Another defensive mess in the second half resulted in Dane Murray's attempted clearance ricocheting off Gabri Martinez and into the back of the net.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
From these special points, then, human voices would carry, echoing and ricocheting, throughout the whole subterranean system.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The pioneer sunbeam of next Christmas morning rattled over the Dunderbunk hills, flashed into Richard Wade’s eyes, waked him, and was off, ricochetting across the black ice of the river.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various
The rain is followed by hailstones which fly through the defile in battalions—rolling, hopping, ricochetting, snapping, clattering down the shelving banks in an undefinable haze of confusion.
From A Changed Man; and other tales by Thomas Hardy
A ball struck close to the stroke-oar of the gig, deluging its occupants with water and ricochetting over the gunwale of the boat, between the stroke-oar and Mr. Hethcote.
From Jack Archer by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
At this moment a white cloud burst from the schooner's bow, and a shot, evidently from a heavy gun, came ricochetting over the sea.
From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
For just then there was a puff of smoke from the cutter, and we could just make out, by the way it dipped, the round shot that went ricochetting over the sea.
From Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore by Gordon Browne
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