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
One day, during the show’s final season, Bernstein told him he’d better pounce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I thought that was a time to pounce," Stokes said of the declaration.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
Markie was on his belly, commando-crawling up behind her, ready to pounce when he got close enough.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
Now, with the Aussies back in town, Naicker maintains he would have pounced on the same "fluke" had it been South Africa caught cheating.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pictures last week of the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand with a rusting hull after a gruelling nine months at sea in the Gulf were pounced on by Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Tennessee’s flagship university paid $1.9 million to a professor it fired after Fox News pounced on her comments.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
A Wall Street Journal review of trading data shows how quickly some traders have pounced on the president’s online comments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Well, we was rootin’ about by some hedges, Chief,” said Scumnose, “and we found a whole tribe of dormice fast asleep. So we pounced on ’em and tied them up in a bunch.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The fact that investors aren’t pouncing reflects a growing fear that some luxury brands’ best days are behind them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
While some spearers use radar and other high-tech gizmos, many just sit and wait for a sturgeon to pass under their shack before pouncing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Their staple diet are deer, and they hunt by stealth often pouncing from trees or overhanging rocks.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
In a sweep-evading 8-2 win over the Padres at Petco Park on Sunday, the Dodgers got back to working better at-bats, manufacturing consistent baserunners, then pouncing on mistakes with their lineup’s trademark pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025
Lloyd turned over, and I was alone with my terrible, pouncing thoughts.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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