ricochet

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

The unpleasant market metaphor refers to the idea that even a lifeless feline when dropped from a height may initially ricochet off the ground.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

The court ruling was the latest legal move to ricochet through the interoceanic waterway, which handles about 40 percent of US container traffic and five percent of world trade.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Their best hope is putting a body part in the way—and hoping a Capitals teammate isn’t there to redirect the ricochet into the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2025

During these five years of soldiering Adam did more detail work than any man in the squadron, but if he killed any enemy it was an accident of ricochet.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

"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

She makes an impressive run pas the defenders to get her shot away but it ricochets off the red shirts and they eventually get it clear.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024

The word doesn’t pass my lips, but it ricochets through me until I am rocked raw and split open.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The ball ricocheted to the edge of the infield grass, where first baseman Freddie Freeman picked it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The firm’s unraveling ricocheted across the financial world, especially on now-defunct Swiss bank Credit Suisse, which had sold loans by the firm to its clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The Monroe appearance then ricocheted across the internet with the kind of viral intensity traditional late-night television has not generated in years.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

After pulling his tee shot towards the trees, Fitzpatrick's ball struck a cart path, ricocheted back on to the green, and was only prevented from trickling into the water by a well-positioned sprinkler head.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

It ricocheted off his gladius and blasted Percy off his horse.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The bits of ice flew up smartly, and the ball must have ricochetted; for we saw the ice fly up again quite near the bear, and then at another point beyond him.

From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

The shot struck the water about sixty or seventy fathoms from the frigate, ricochetted, and appeared to pass over her, for presently we saw the water spout up again well to starboard of the vessel.

From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)

The last shot kicked up a yellow fountain of spray in the glare of the searchlight, and ricochetted, humming, over the target and on towards Malaya.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham

One of their 24-lb. rifled parrot shells ricochetted over from the front one day with out exploding.

From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by Maxwell, James Robert

At intervals the wind came laden with fine snow or jagged crystalline icicles which ricochetted from the rocks like things of life.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Now, the template of how the team made a softer, affordable diaper is ricocheting across the $33 billion company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 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

Ryan, whose family is frequently forced to move, never gets the proper attention for his ADHD; his misbehavior eventually lands him in the juvenile justice system before sending him ricocheting from one school to another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

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

These came down past us like cannon-balls, ricochetting by big bounds.

From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Lowell, Percival

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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The shot dashed up the spray under the bows of the boats, and ricochetting over them, disappeared in the wave, about half a mile astern.

From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick

Many glanced, spun ricochetting into the sea, and with a venomous buzzing like huge, angry hornets, lost themselves in quick, white spurts of foam.

From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan

The first ball fired fell short of the brig, striking the water directly in its wake, and ricochetting again threw up the water beyond it.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various