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
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
We can send notes, telephone, whisper cryptic invitations, announce the giving of parties, even bounce words off the moon and make them carom around the planets.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
