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bouncy

[boun-see] / ˈbaʊn si /


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This is easily one of the most fun, captivating tracks of the summer — it’s funky, bouncy, buzzy and everything in between.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The fast and bouncy pitches of Australia have historically seen just 12% of deliveries hit the stumps, however, the lowest for any nation.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

He’ll probably put an inflatable bouncy castle in the Capitol building, and I’m actually perfectly fine with that.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

Before it had just been one big, bouncy blue and orange Macy’s balloon, streetwise New York City behaving like some bucolic basketball Mayberry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

He’s a leg shaker—you know, the bouncy kind that rattles entire rooms and makes you want to toss up your lunch?

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

On bouncier pitches during December's tour of South Africa, Filer regularly topped 75mph and had the opposing batters hopping around the crease, being knocked over by bouncers, and stumps uprooted from the ground.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

The model showed that runners should run faster on softer, bouncier tracks that supported a runner's natural gait.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024

At the ultracold temperatures in the outer solar system, icy particles are also bouncier and are less likely to stick together when they collide.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

The higher the COR, the bouncier the ball.

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2022

Ruth's hair is bouncier and darker, her eyeglasses even more oversized.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2022

Balls are about the size of a mature orange and the bounciest of the bunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Historically, the Gabba is even bouncier than the Perth Stadium and sits as the bounciest pitch anywhere in the world.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

The Toronto Raptors are going to the Eastern Conference Finals thanks to the bounciest buzzer-beater you will ever see under normal gravitational conditions.

From Slate ● May 12, 2019

Surprisingly, though, several of the bounciest poems are actually mini-tragedies.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016

Old Trafford, where the second Test will start on Friday, has the quickest, bounciest square in the country, and Finn is looking forward to the experience.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010




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