ricochet

Engineers said they were able to debunk some "myths", including that bullets can ricochet off the curve in the ballistic plate.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The ball shot to his left, where second baseman Santiago Espinal tried to salvage the play but couldn’t pick up the ricochet cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

The unpleasant market metaphor refers to the idea that even a lifeless feline when dropped from a height may initially ricochet off the ground.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

The court ruling was the latest legal move to ricochet through the interoceanic waterway, which handles about 40 percent of US container traffic and five percent of world trade.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

During these five years of soldiering Adam did more detail work than any man in the squadron, but if he killed any enemy it was an accident of ricochet.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

"Is anyone alive in here?!" the voice of Moises Faramaya ricochets around the ruins of the same neighborhood.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

In her refusal to shy away from the grime and grit of Yuknavitch’s story, Stewart creates a startlingly raw atmosphere that ricochets between discordant and truly inspiring.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

Sri Lanka's Kavisha Dilhari is stumped by Bangladesh's Nigar Sultana Joty in the most "unfortunate" way as the ball is deflected onto the wicketkeeper's legs before it ricochets onto the stumps.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

Even if their shots don’t go in, the traffic in front of the goal leads to more tips, ricochets and general chaos in the tight areas around Winnipeg’s goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2025

It gets within inches of me, then ricochets off some invisible force and hits a tree.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The Monroe appearance then ricocheted across the internet with the kind of viral intensity traditional late-night television has not generated in years.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

A shot from Colton Sissons on the right wing ricocheted off Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba and went straight to Marner, who was charging into the slot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

After pulling his tee shot towards the trees, Fitzpatrick's ball struck a cart path, ricocheted back on to the green, and was only prevented from trickling into the water by a well-positioned sprinkler head.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

His ball ricocheted off the putting surface as if he’d hit a ping-pong table before rolling into the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

The cigarette holder bounced off the desk to the wall, ricocheted across the window sill to the floor and came to a stop almost where he was standing.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The ball skimmed over the grass, struck a hummock which had been overlooked by the builders of the diamond, and ricochetted upward into the hapless Mosher youngster's stomach.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely

The first ball fired fell short about fifty yards, and then ricochetted nearly across the lake.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

Striking the water within twenty yards of its objective, the missile had ricochetted, and had shattered the torpedo-boat's foremost funnel.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

"That other feller knows his business, Elder," remarked Nevada as a slug ricochetted past his head.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford

Dave had ricochetted ever since between amusement and chagrin at her generalship.

From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead

Now, the template of how the team made a softer, affordable diaper is ricocheting across the $33 billion company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

They hugged one another and recounted slightly discombobulated stories of bullets ricocheting off cellphones and even someone’s teeth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025

Another defensive mess in the second half resulted in Dane Murray's attempted clearance ricocheting off Gabri Martinez and into the back of the net.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

And it is the sight of her looking like some preposterous zombie that sends a hummingbird of panic ricocheting through me.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

At this moment a white cloud burst from the schooner’s bow, and a shot, evidently from a heavy gun, came ricochetting over the sea.

From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

A minute later two puffs of smoke from different vessels shot out into the clear evening air, the balls ricochetting from the water in each case a few yards away.

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey

From cunningly concealed shore batteries, that seemed to multiply with hydra-headed persistence, German shells hurtled through the air, for the most part ricochetting harmlessly.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

For just then there was a puff of smoke from the cutter, and we could just make out, by the way it dipped, the round shot that went ricochetting over the sea.

From Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore by Gordon Browne

Down, leaping, ricochetting, thundering, hurtled a great boulder, spurning the cliff-face with a tremendous uproar.

From Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England