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caromed

verb

past tense of carom

as in bounced

to strike and fly off at an angle a ball caromed off the wall

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Recent Examples of caromed The ball caromed off Fermin’s leg and went skyward as Simpson raced home and slid safely in front of Mize’s tag. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 With Christian Walker on second base in the eighth inning, Yainer Diaz hit a grounder that caromed off Lombard’s glove. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 An inbounds pass caromed off a Jakarta player out of bounds and the game was over. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026 The ball caromed off Ruiz’s glove and over the fence for a home run. — Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 Derek Hill hit his head against the outfield railing while trying to make a leaping catch at the wall, and the ball caromed toward right field. — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 But his hopes took a nasty turn on the par-five 15th when his tee shot caromed off the side of a bunker and settled next to the lip, leaving him no stance and no shot. — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 Fox’s hopes took a nasty turn on the par-3 15th when his tee shot caromed off the side of a bunker and settled next to the lip, leaving him no stance and no shot. — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 Caminero turned and started to running to second as the ball caromed off the rail in front of the Rays dugout, but slowed down as got close. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

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Ollie Robinson dismissed Azan Awais and Abdullah Shafique and Jofra Archer bounced out captain Babar Azam in the first eight overs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
The Rays tied the score when Jonny DeLuca bounced a ball that shortstop Xander Bogaerts couldn’t handle, setting up Mateo’s heroics.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of bounced

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Babar looked to pull Archer but, too late, tried to fend off a 91 mph (147 kph) delivery that ricocheted off his glove and helmet and ballooned to Jordan Cox at third slip.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Alek Thomas led off with a double to left that ricocheted off the wall on a hop.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ricocheted

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The second, a free kick, was glanced in by Nobel Mendy, who was again free close to goal.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Mangione entered the room from a holding area wearing a gray suit and glanced around before taking his seat next to his attorneys, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan.

— Adam Reiss, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026

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