bouncy
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Scott Christensen, lead endurance instructor for USA Track & Field, says while he appreciates the potential performance-enhancing qualities of bouncy foam and carbon springboards, “everything has a cost-benefit ratio to it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The way Banton hits the ball at the top of the bounce looks suited to the bouncy pitches of South Africa, where the majority of the World Cup will be played.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The set starts reasonably well with the title track, a bouncy synthetic confection with chanted verses that recalls hits from Kesha.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
He was walking toward her right now, walking his bouncy walk, but not smiling.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
The treadmill surface is bouncier than the road, more forgiving on his body than pounding on pavement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
For the past four years, pitches in this country have been rated as faster, bouncier and more inconsistent than anywhere else in the world.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 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 bubble champs are done, in the first round, losers to the healthier and bouncier Phoenix Suns.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2021
Balls are about the size of a mature orange and the bounciest of the bunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
It is probably the quickest and bounciest pitch in world cricket, so the conditions will be alien to most of our players, and yet somehow England must produce a dramatically improved overall performance.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2013
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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