Thesaurus results for RICOCHETED

ricocheted

verb

variants also ricochetted

past tense of ricochet

as in bounced

to strike and fly off at an angle the ball ricocheted off the fielder's glove and went over the fence for a home run

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Recent Examples of ricocheted 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, 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 The ball ricocheted to third baseman José Caballero and he was charged with a throwing error for his wild toss to first as Walker scored Houston's fifth run. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Another, on Tuesday, came on a reactive attempt to make a play on a ball that ricocheted off of Chisholm’s glove; a rushing Lombard threw it away. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 Before the accusations ricocheted off every street in this city. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Several of the accompanying staff and Secret Service agents were injured, and one of the bullets ricocheted off of President Reagan’s limousine and struck him in the chest. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 As news of his death ricocheted around the world, alarm was rising back home about the mounting deaths of influencers in Mexico, especially in the country’s most dangerous states. — Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Fenix ricocheted off the second rope and hit a spinning kick. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 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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The defense was organized and rebounded well from some early breakdowns on stretch running plays, and Petrino’s offense doesn’t look like the mess Freddie Kitchens’ group was last year.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Amid skepticism that the venture would last, Oscar faced losses for years but eventually rebounded.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebounded

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