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

She wished she had something to throw, something to ricochet off buildings with the kind of force that she felt building up behind her heart.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

"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

There's almost a Ben Stokes World Cup final 2019 moment, as Sciver-Brunt comes back for the second and the throw in from the fielder ricochets off her bat.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

That came in 1919, he reported an even more startling phenomenon than the tissue-paper ricochets of 1911.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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 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

Video of the incident—played in court—had already ricocheted across the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The column and the responses to it ricocheted all over the world, via e-mail, mailing lists, links, even faxes.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

He tossed the coffee cup over his shoulder and it ricochetted in graceful slow motion against the far wall.

From PRoblem by Alan Edward Nourse

It ricochetted and struck again half a mile outside.

From The Boys of '98 by James Otis

Instead of sinking, the shot ricochetted from the water and carried away the bow of the boat in passing, whirling it round and almost overturning it.

From The Battle and the Breeze by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Overhead the lightning crackled and the thunder ricochetted from the distant hills.

From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Grace Brooks Hill

He had not gone twenty yards when another shot ricochetted off a stone, and flew up into the air with a shrill chirrup.

From Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery

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

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

He slammed into the trunk of a tree, ricocheting off.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various

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

From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid

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

From Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England

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 Gordon Browne

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 George Allan England