carom
Example Sentences
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Ferociously bizarre balls of arms, legs and heads carom across the countryside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Call perfectly played the carom off the wall on Michael Pérez’s two-out drive in the ninth off Kyle Finnegan, holding Pérez to a single.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2023
The 105-mph rocket off the bat hit so hard off the wall that left fielder Jarred Kelenic played the carom perfectly and held Goldschmidt to a single.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
That goes beyond the first dent from 64-51 to 64-53, which occurred when Miami’s Wooga Poplar threw an inbound pass off a Texas player’s back, caught the carom and dunked.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023
From time to time she was handed a glass of tea, the cracker tin was passed in her direction, and she helped children shoot chips across the carom board.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
