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
But Muharemovic got his feet crossed, allowing the ball to carom to Balogun who did the rest, sweeping the ball into the net with his left boot from about 15 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
He talked to himself harshly down the fairway, especially seeing the ball carom off a slope into the bunker, leaving him an impossible shot.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 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
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
