pounce
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The moment to pounce came as Netflix fell 50% from a June 2025 high of $134 — the shares dropped to $67 in mid-June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
It bounced over the wing's head and seemed to be heading for touch, only to bounce off the corner flag and back in-field to allow Marcus Smith to pounce for the opening try.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
"Octopuses are like cats: they will sneak up on their prey and pounce, and they want to do so as fast as possible, so that they don't become preyed upon," Tse says.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now, that date is just around the corner and the New England Patriots are the heavy favorites to pounce first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Now and then he’d get close enough to pounce on it.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Gerson fired beyond gloveless Italy goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi, Jairzinho pounced on Pele's nod down, and Carlos Alberto capped perhaps the World Cup final's most complete performance with arguably its greatest goal.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The hosts pounced quickly on unsettled Irish nerves when Pietsch scored in the third minute after the home side's attack was kept alive by Campbell's pick-up and quick pass.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Binance’s rivals pounced on its exit, with exchanges Coinbase and OKX, which both have EU licenses, offering bonuses to lure new customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
As we left the theater, a team of publicists pounced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
When Maniac slipped silently from the house at dawn — the only way he’d ever manage to get away — March pounced with cold and nasty paws.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
The French international was reduced to tears after pouncing on a Pope error to roll into an unguarded net.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Torbjörn Törnqvist has just struck one of the deals of his lifetime, pouncing on the overseas operations of Lukoil soon after the Russian oil producer was hit with U.S. sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
Adapting to the slowness of the pitch, he played none of his trademark dabs to third man, instead pouncing to whip through the leg side any time England dropped short.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
Escobar dominated the final City match of his career the way he dominated every other, waiting for his opponent to make a mistake and pouncing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
A car resembling a pouncing cat, with glowing green eyeballs for headlights, had just eased off the highway and pulled into the parking lot.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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