pounce upon

For now, those who need something to complain about will complain about the play-in games because they’re low-hanging fruit, easy to pounce upon.

Evidence for conspiracy theorists to pounce upon?

“The current Arab situation enabled the occupying entity to press ahead with its aggression ... And some of the Arabs who pounce upon and promote normalization for free with this entity bear historic responsibility.”

But there was always one a little bolder than the rest, who came up very close, whose movement was impossible to detect, and as you waited there, your back turned, counting the regulation Ten, you knew, with a fatal terrifying certainty, that before long, before even the Ten was counted, this bold player would pounce upon you from behind, unheralded, unseen, with a scream of triumph.

I must say a charm, he thought as he peered through the darkness for the darker rectangle which would be an alley’s entrance, turning his eyes every instant to this side and that for fear some unknown thing would pounce upon him if he did not keep watch.