carom

Example Sentences

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Additionally, it’s unclear where Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Obama will be staying during their time in Los Angeles, but freeway closures should be expected when their motorcades carom around town.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2024

It came after a hustle play by Uzan, who tracked down a rebound off a missed free throw and threw it off the leg of Sharp, allowing it to carom out of bounds.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

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

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