ricochet

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 messages ricochet across an Iowa grocery store, a kind of ambient chorus while, at one of the few remaining manned checkout lines, a cashier squints at his screen.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 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

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

Therefore, it can ricochet through even a thick layer of dense material without losing much energy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"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

Sri Lanka's Kavisha Dilhari is stumped by Bangladesh's Nigar Sultana Joty in the most "unfortunate" way as the ball is deflected onto the wicketkeeper's legs before it ricochets onto the stumps.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

My call ricochets across the camp and into the canyons.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

For weeks, salacious talk swirled in campaign circles, ricocheted through email chains and was served up, like a buzzy side dish, over gossipy lunches from Sacramento to San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

The water shot harder against the aft deck and ricocheted to stern.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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 Seely, Herman Gastrell

They tore up the water all round, and ricochetted over me.

From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

"That other feller knows his business, Elder," remarked Nevada as a slug ricochetted past his head.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

Marjorie, by the way of answer, hit her ball so that it jumped and missed his, ricochetted across the lawn and out of the ground on the further side.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

Here, Smith shows off his footballing skills to stop the ball from ricocheting on to the stumps during the Lord's Test.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025

The incident has fueled a storm of late-summer ridicule, with memes ricocheting across social media and commentators pointing to the almost slapstick nature of the scandal.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

But a tiny number— about one in eight thousand—bounced back at a sharp angle, some even ricocheting directly back at the source.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"Uncle, do they pronounce that ricochaying or ricochetting?"

From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various

Several couples cannoned off James and went ricochetting to the farther end of the room, and one went down.

From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon

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

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

Miss Angie's funeral-day dawned ashen as dusk—a sodden day, with the same autumn rain beating its one-tone tap against the windows and ricochetting down the panes, like tears down a woman's cheeks.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie

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 Browne, Gordon