as in bouncing
to strike and fly off at an angle
a ball caromed off the wall
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Recent Examples of caroming
If all goes according to plan Thursday, the worst mishaps will just be Charmin caroming off onlookers.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2026
In 2023, a foul ball zipped over the netting behind the plate and struck Sterling in the broadcast booth, caroming off his table and leaving a cut over his eyebrow.
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Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Los Angeles went back in front 3-2 early in the third period when Byfield sent the puck caroming off the boards back into the crease, Wallstedt lost it in his skates off his line, and it was eventually knocked in by an errant Minnesota stick.
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CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
The Kings went back in front 3-2 early in the third period when Byfield sent the puck caroming off the boards back into the crease, Wallstedt lost it in his skates off his line, and it was eventually knocked in by an errant Minnesota stick.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2026
The ball appeared to deflect off a television sound man along the low retaining wall in foul territory before caroming into shallow right field.
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Beth Harris,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2026
In 2023, a foul ball zipped over the netting behind the plate and struck Sterling in the broadcast booth, caroming off his table and leaving a cut over his eyebrow.
—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Los Angeles went back in front 3-2 early in the third period when Byfield sent the puck caroming off the boards back into the crease, Wallstedt lost it in his skates off his line, and it was eventually knocked in by an errant Minnesota stick.
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CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
The Kings went back in front 3-2 early in the third period when Byfield sent the puck caroming off the boards back into the crease, Wallstedt lost it in his skates off his line, and it was eventually knocked in by an errant Minnesota stick.
—
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2026
The ball appeared to deflect off a television sound man along the low retaining wall in foul territory before caroming into shallow right field.
—
Beth Harris,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caroming
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Lamine Yamal, with the ball bouncing inside the box, spun and ripped a shot that Austria's goalkeeper just stopped for a corner kick.
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Following his stint at Miramar, Hernandez spent seven months bouncing between Alligator Alcatraz and the El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas.
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What’s more, the lack of rototoms emphasizes YHWH’s link to dub, particularly in the way sounds are always ricocheting off one another, as if locked in a room with very low ceilings.
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Brass instruments will cut across the basin with notes ricocheting off the surrounding structures.
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“Caroming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caroming. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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