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Recent Examples of carom
The puck popped into the air, came down, caromed off Cooley’s back and in.
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Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The ball caromed off Bartlett’s foot, and Columbus pounced with Wessam Abou Ali eventually putting it into the back of the net.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
The puck popped into the air, came down, caromed off Cooley's back and in.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Bishop Moore coach Amy Geltz said the free kick, which was credited to Heritage’s Emma Torres, was actually an own-goal that caromed off the back of one of the Bishop Moore players.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The ball caromed off Bartlett’s foot, and Columbus pounced with Wessam Abou Ali eventually putting it into the back of the net.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
The puck popped into the air, came down, caromed off Cooley's back and in.
—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Bishop Moore coach Amy Geltz said the free kick, which was credited to Heritage’s Emma Torres, was actually an own-goal that caromed off the back of one of the Bishop Moore players.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
Verb
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Then, in first-half stoppage time, Brazil pounced on the counterattack after a Croatia corner kick bounced to the feet of Matheus Cunha.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Campaign sponsors hoped that anyone unaware of her story — an innocent young woman killed by a man who’d bounced in and out of prison — might see her face, find the security video of her brutal death, and be moved.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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And then Eriksson Ek ended the game in the dying seconds with a wrist shot from up close off a Brock Faber rebound.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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On the ensuing possession, San Diego State’s Naomi Panganiban missed a 3-point attempt and the Jayhawks rebounded the ball.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The children are giggly and boisterous, their voices ricocheting off the walls around us.—
Anderson Tepper,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Judge connected with two outs in the fifth, a 383-foot drive that ricocheted off the roof of an ambulance parked in the tunnel just inside the foul pole.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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