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  • present participle of bounce.
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bouncing

[baun-sing] / ˈbaʊn sɪŋ /








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Or is it now something of a 'Teflon' company, with scandals simply bouncing off it?

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Satellite sensors like the one on the new Tanager-2 can detect the invisible gas by measuring wavelengths of light bouncing off the earth’s surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

My favorite detail is that his last dinger came at Georgia Tech—and even then it required the ball bouncing off the outfielder’s glove to clear the fence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

For now, the ETF is bouncing off those two support levels.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The challenge of running a nuclear reactor lies in keeping the number of bouncing neutrons inside it steady.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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