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ricochet

verb as in rebound

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Their motion resembles a pinball ricocheting between stationary posts.

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Video of the encounter quickly ricocheted across the internet.

The massive agriculture deal ricocheted through international markets, pressuring U.S. soybean prices and providing a bump to Argentina’s currency.

"We had taken out the magazine. We did not realise there was a bullet left in the chamber. A shot fired into the air, the bullet ricocheted and hit my brother right in the face."

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Carlitos Ricardo Parias, was shot in the elbow, and a deputy marshal was hit by what authorities said was a ricocheted bullet.

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