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 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

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

Unlucky Torino centre-back Coco saw the ball come off him and ricochet into the net in the 74th minute when his teammate Luis Asue attempted to clear a free-kick.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

She wished she had something to throw, something to ricochet off buildings with the kind of force that she felt building up behind her heart.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

"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

Dundee had to get more bodies forward and Celtic survived faint penalty appeals for handball after ricochets off Greg Taylor and Carter-Vickers' replacement Stephen Welsh.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

The sheer noisiness of them, of their heavy boots, and loud voices, buzzed on by their sense of urgency, ricochets through the quiet hush of the hospital and breathes some life into the place.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

Video of Altman looking quizzically at the investigator ricocheted around the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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

Klein took the loss after he took over for the Dodgers in the sixth and immediately gave up a double to Hunter Goodman before Ezequiel Tovar’s grounder ricocheted off Klein’s left foot and right knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 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

It ricocheted off a tree and somebody's awning and fell into a thorny-ass rosebush, where it started yelping like a dog.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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 Buck, Walter J.

The last shot kicked up a yellow fountain of spray in the glare of the searchlight, and ricochetted, humming, over the target and on towards Malaya.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham

It struck the water, and ricochetted not three yards off.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

“It touched the roof, ricochetted off, and burst away behind.”

From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

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 Seely, Herman Gastrell

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

It got even better for Paul Heckingbottom's on the stroke of half-time as Archer's arrowed effort hit the post before ricocheting off the unfortunate Pickford and into the net.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

Ryan, whose family is frequently forced to move, never gets the proper attention for his ADHD; his misbehavior eventually lands him in the juvenile justice system before sending him ricocheting from one school to another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

The voice cut through the air like the twang of a ricocheting bullet.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner

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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Just as we were turning the face of Screen cliff a sound of singing reached us, ricochetting over the water.

From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Lowell, Percival

The pioneer sunbeam of next Christmas morning rattled over the Dunderbunk hills, flashed into Richard Wade’s eyes, waked him, and was off, ricochetting across the black ice of the river.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various

The first ball fired fell short of the brig, striking the water directly in its wake, and ricochetting again threw up the water beyond it.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various

So we bore down on her until there came a flash; a cannon ball came ricochetting across the water, but fell short by a hundred yards.

From The Tory Maid by Stimpson, Herbert Baird