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ricochet

[rik-uh-shay, rik-uh-shay, rik-uh-shet] / ˌrɪk əˈʃeɪ, ˈrɪk əˌʃeɪ, ˈrɪk əˌʃɛt /


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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

That means any deteriorating credit backdrop, a pickup in credit losses or higher yields still could ricochet through private credit or other publicly traded funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Ms. Frank’s unconventional, imaginatively orchestrated score maps their dreamlike journey as they ricochet through different planes of existence, and find resolution together in their love and their art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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

Every projectile that hit him seemed to ricochet harmlessly off his mech’s armored body.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

"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

The book ricochets back and forth in time, with such section headings as “Twelve Days Before the Robbery” and “Thirteen Years Earlier.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

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

Instead, it ricochets off my bat like a bullet.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

But then he appeared to backtrack after his critique made headlines and ricocheted around social media.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The ball ricocheted off its intended course, but Rojas nabbed it with his bare hand, throwing it to first where a lunging Freeman caught it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

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

It's a phrase that first ricocheted through Budapest during Hungary's ill-fated anti-communist uprising of 1956.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

The second ricocheted off the side of his bike, almost causing him to lose control.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

At intervals the wind came laden with fine snow or jagged crystalline icicles which ricochetted from the rocks like things of life.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

Back and forth he ricochetted along the narrow street, singing and swinging, mouth open, with strange, happy cries coming from it.

From Civilization Tales of the Orient by Ellen Newbold La Motte

One of their 24-lb. rifled parrot shells ricochetted over from the front one day with out exploding.

From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by James Robert Maxwell

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

From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead

He had not gone twenty yards when another shot ricochetted off a stone, and flew up into the air with a shrill chirrup.

From Soldiers of the Queen by Harold Avery

Because helium’s industrial uses are so broad, shortages are ricocheting through multiple sectors and countries at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

With stocks falling and economists predicting price hikes across a broad range of imported goods, there are plenty of anxious questions ricocheting in supermarket aisles these days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

She tried to disentangle the jumble of thoughts ricocheting through her all at once, demanding her attention.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

Many glanced, spun ricochetting into the sea, and with a venomous buzzing like huge, angry hornets, lost themselves in quick, white spurts of foam.

From The Flying Legion by George Allan England

The first shot from the "Conestoga" struck the water a few feet from the "Yankee," and, ricochetting, plunged into her hull.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson

Shells from the Turkish defences were ricochetting all around the British warships or expending themselves harmlessly against the armoured plating.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

It seemed as if nothing could prevent the projectiles from Kilid Bahr and the adjacent batteries ricochetting into Chanak and the forts on the Asiatic shore.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman




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