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

Ms. Frank’s unconventional, imaginatively orchestrated score maps their dreamlike journey as they ricochet through different planes of existence, and find resolution together in their love and their art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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

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

She ricochets around from store to store, coupons in hand, seeking bargains as if on a treasure hunt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

It gets within inches of me, then ricochets off some invisible force and hits a tree.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

A shot from Colton Sissons on the right wing ricocheted off Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba and went straight to Marner, who was charging into the slot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 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

His ball ricocheted off the putting surface as if he’d hit a ping-pong table before rolling into the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Ideas ricocheted off ideas, like atoms splitting atoms.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It "scooted," glanced, ricochetted, or whatever you want to call it, all around that room and you never saw such a scampering to get out.

From The Emma Gees by McBride, Herbert Wes

Suddenly the car skidded on a slippery hillside, turned from the road, plowed through a clump of scrub, ricochetted against a dark obstruction, poised a moment on two wheels, turned around and stopped.

From The Cow Puncher by Stead, Robert J. C.

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

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

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 Dame, William Meade

There was a loud pop, the cork struck against the ceiling, ricochetted around the walls of the room and caused a commotion by falling on Vinegar's bald head.

From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed

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

They hugged one another and recounted slightly discombobulated stories of bullets ricocheting off cellphones and even someone’s teeth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025

It got even better for Paul Heckingbottom's on the stroke of half-time as Archer's arrowed effort hit the post before ricocheting off the unfortunate Pickford and into the net.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

It reminds Lourdes of a photograph she saw once of the famous Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles with its endless ricocheting light.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

They could hear it descending, not at a single drop, but striking and ricochetting from side to side.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne

All around the sea was lacerated by the ricochetting projectiles, which threw columns of spray high into the air, the pure whiteness of the artificial waterspouts contrasting vividly with the dark background of smoke.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

From cunningly concealed shore batteries, that seemed to multiply with hydra-headed persistence, German shells hurtled through the air, for the most part ricochetting harmlessly.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Down, leaping, ricochetting, thundering, hurtled a great boulder, spurning the cliff-face with a tremendous uproar.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

So we bore down on her until there came a flash; a cannon ball came ricochetting across the water, but fell short by a hundred yards.

From The Tory Maid by Stimpson, Herbert Baird