carom

Example Sentences

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A poor clearance attempt by Philadelphia struck the Union’s Leon Flach and caromed to Acosta, who laid the ball off and sprinted into the box.

From Los Angeles Times

The ball hit the heel of Judge’s glove well above the fence and caromed softly back toward the warning track.

From Seattle Times

Lyon bent down to catch it and it tipped off his glove, caroming into the net after hitting the inside of the right post.

From Seattle Times

Machado gave the Padres the lead back when he hit a grounder down the first-base line that caromed off the bag and got past a diving Christian Walker.

From Seattle Times

“When it hit, I wasn’t sure if it was a homer of not,” said Duvall after the ball hit just above the Green Monster and caromed off a tabletop back onto the field.

From Washington Post