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

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

Plenty of players had their basketballs ricochet off their knees or sneakers.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

"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

Even if their shots don’t go in, the traffic in front of the goal leads to more tips, ricochets and general chaos in the tight areas around Winnipeg’s goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2025

Neat play down the right and a lovely reverse pass from Jordan Bowery sees Davis Keillor-Dunn burst into the box, but his shot ricochets up off U's keeper Owen Goodman.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024

When my head comes into sight, a gasp ricochets through the living room.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Close-up shots of him face-to-face with Holmes have ricocheted across social media and already become the stuff of meme gold.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Djokovic was serving for a place in the final when the ball ricocheted off the back of the court.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Video of Altman looking quizzically at the investigator ricocheted around the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

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

She ricocheted off the wall and collapsed like a ton of bricks.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Striking the water within twenty yards of its objective, the missile had ricochetted, and had shattered the torpedo-boat's foremost funnel.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Back and forth he ricochetted along the narrow street, singing and swinging, mouth open, with strange, happy cries coming from it.

From Civilization Tales of the Orient by Ellen Newbold La Motte

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 William Meade Dame

It struck the water, and ricochetted not three yards off.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

“It touched the roof, ricochetted off, and burst away behind.”

From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

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

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

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

They slid noisily along the polished wooden surface of the floor, ricochetting into each other as they went.

From More William by Richmal Crompton

At this moment a white cloud burst from the schooner's bow, and a shot, evidently from a heavy gun, came ricochetting over the sea.

From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

At this moment a white cloud burst from the schooner’s bow, and a shot, evidently from a heavy gun, came ricochetting over the sea.

From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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 Herbert Baird Stimpson