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ricocheted

verb as in rebound

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Lucas Kunce, a Marine veteran running against GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, was doing an event with anti-Trump former GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger at a shooting range, when something—ricocheted metal of some variety—struck a local television reporter in the arm.

From Slate

Buehler’s second inning cost the Dodgers the game, and this doesn’t count Freddie Freeman’s throw to second base that ricocheted off Manny Machado’s helmet or the mistake Miguel Rojas made of trying to beat a runner to second base instead of flipping the ball to Gavin Lux.

President Joe Biden initially brushed off a question about the killing this week by telling reporters that Eygi had been hit accidentally by a bullet that “ricocheted” off the ground, but eyewitness accounts given to the Post suggested that she was struck directly in the head.

From Slate

Skinny frames ricocheted off of each other, punch drunk on cheap vodka and the vibrations of the thrumming bass from the interim performer.

From Salon

The ball ricocheted away, and, from Wembley outwards, a bubble burst and a world crashed down.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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