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Recent Examples of carom
The teams traded runs in the 11th as Pittsburgh’s Adam Frazier hit an RBI groundout off Lake Bachar, and Kyle Stowers tied it with an RBI infield single that caromed off Wentz in the bottom half.
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Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
The ball caromed to Stanford’s Chisom Okpara, as coach Kyle Smith attempted to signal for a timeout.
—Mike Barber, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The Sentra caromed into the taxi, climbed up its hood, and came to rest.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
There were airballs, clanks off the rim, caroms off the glass, shots that rattled around and fell out.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
The ball caromed to Stanford’s Chisom Okpara, as coach Kyle Smith attempted to signal for a timeout.
—Mike Barber, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The Sentra caromed into the taxi, climbed up its hood, and came to rest.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
There were airballs, clanks off the rim, caroms off the glass, shots that rattled around and fell out.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carom
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Teammates tried to stop them from fighting, but both players bounced emotionally away from the peacekeepers and tried to charge each other.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
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Durham says that to his knowledge, every check but one bounced.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Amazon and Google parent Alphabet are among Goldman Sachs’ top picks in the internet segment to rebound in the second half of the year.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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However, two of the pop star’s most successful singles have managed to rebound and reappear on the same tally.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Centered on a single young man ricocheting between prison, hostels and the streets, the film makes no claims to represent an entire disenfranchised demographic, but there’s resonant human texture and political feeling in its close-up individual portrait.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Gone were the shock waves that had radiated from underground test sites and ricocheted around the globe.—
William J. Broad,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carom. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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