pounce
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The moment to pounce came as Netflix fell 50% from a June 2025 high of $134 — the shares dropped to $67 in mid-June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
By playing directly, even if Liverpool lose the initial duel, they are well placed to pounce upon second balls.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
One day, during the show’s final season, Bernstein told him he’d better pounce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Octopuses are like cats: they will sneak up on their prey and pounce, and they want to do so as fast as possible, so that they don't become preyed upon," Tse says.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Van Eck would be watching, waiting to pounce.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
New York immediately pounced, tallying eight runs after Gray exited en route to a 9-2 win that ended Boston’s season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pictures last week of the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand with a rusting hull after a gruelling nine months at sea in the Gulf were pounced on by Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Tennessee’s flagship university paid $1.9 million to a professor it fired after Fox News pounced on her comments.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The Springboks had the luxury of bringing on Damian Willemse from the bench, but it was another replacement who pounced next as scrum-half Jantjies sprinted over in his first Test for three years.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Then the piano keys trilled and the guitar and bass and drums pounced on the downbeat and I forgot all about Vonetta, the record needle, and getting in trouble.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Ryanair, which has a habit of pouncing on free publicity, then launched what it dubbed its “Big ‘Idiot’ Seat Sale.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
While some spearers use radar and other high-tech gizmos, many just sit and wait for a sturgeon to pass under their shack before pouncing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Alcaraz repeated the trick by again pouncing on the Russian's serve at 2-2 to get his nose ahead in the third set.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
He has the vision and instincts of an eagle, anticipating, reading and then pouncing and attacking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
Then, pouncing, it had aimed a blow of its great bill at Fiver, who just managed to dodge in time.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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