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Recent Examples of carom
There were airballs, clanks off the rim, caroms off the glass, shots that rattled around and fell out.
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The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The Sentra caromed into the taxi, climbed up its hood, and came to rest.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
And then the lowlights began — dunks that died at the rim, slipped from his grip to ricochet off the backboard, caromed off the iron to fly skyward.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Secondly, misses from deep typically carom farther from the basket, giving the smaller, quicker Grizzlies a better chance at offensive rebounds.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The Sentra caromed into the taxi, climbed up its hood, and came to rest.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
And then the lowlights began — dunks that died at the rim, slipped from his grip to ricochet off the backboard, caromed off the iron to fly skyward.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Secondly, misses from deep typically carom farther from the basket, giving the smaller, quicker Grizzlies a better chance at offensive rebounds.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
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Carrying enough momentum, the wheel hit the rear of Suárez's car, bounced, and hit the gas man lightly.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even if the ping-pong balls don’t bounce their way, a very good prospect will be there for the taking.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even commercial real estate has rebounded while taxi trips have increased by 20%.—
Brian Fritsch,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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But with tariff and recession concerns gripping the market, deal activity has not rebounded as much as expected during the president’s first few months in office.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Dart then ricocheted to the right and collided with a brick pillar at the entrance to Tapping Reeve Drive.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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As the directive ricocheted across the federal government, officials at some agencies, including the F.B.I., the office coordinating America’s intelligence agencies and the Departments of Defense, State, Energy, Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, told their employees not to respond.—
Chris Cameron,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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