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The ball caromed off of the third base umpire, allowing Manny Machado to field the ball instead of having to track it down in the corner.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
Iowa had a shot midway through the fourth quarter, reaching the Northwestern 27, but quarterback Spencer Petras forced a third-down pass toward tight end Sam LaPorta and the ball caromed to Northwestern safety Brandon Joseph to kill the threat.
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—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
There was the usual suspect, Travis Hunter, who picked off Wilson on a pass that caromed off the hands of Utes wideout Munir McClain after an impressive last-second pass breakup by fellow cornerback Colton Hood.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Even so, weight loss is influenced by many factors, and consuming ajwain water or carom seeds alone does not guarantee weight loss.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
Iowa had a shot midway through the fourth quarter, reaching the Northwestern 27, but quarterback Spencer Petras forced a third-down pass toward tight end Sam LaPorta and the ball caromed to Northwestern safety Brandon Joseph to kill the threat.
43.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
There was the usual suspect, Travis Hunter, who picked off Wilson on a pass that caromed off the hands of Utes wideout Munir McClain after an impressive last-second pass breakup by fellow cornerback Colton Hood.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
Even so, weight loss is influenced by many factors, and consuming ajwain water or carom seeds alone does not guarantee weight loss.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
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One player methodically bounces the ball preparing to serve, the other crouches to receive it, and reliably, the television cameras show close-up shots of both.Matt Craig, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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There are prism systems that bounce a projection off of a prism into your eye, and there are waveguide systems that use special etchings in a flat lens to guide the projection into your eye.Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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For the second game, the audience rebounded, averaging 20.6 million viewers across the three ESPN networks.Brad Adgate, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Gators rebounded with 10 points by the end of the first quarter, then dominated the rest of the game.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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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
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Then came a Brodin block of a Colton Parayko blast, which ricocheted off the right skate of the Wild shutdown defenseman, who recorded a career-high 33:02.Joe Smith, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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