Example Sentences

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Before the ADS redemptions disclosure, Apollo’s stock had been bouncing off a 19-month closing low hit on March 12.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

US economic growth, which had been bouncing back from pandemic disruptions, sputtered.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

The company’s stock, which had been bouncing between 40 and 60 cents a share before the pandemic, soared to a high of $6.92 a share on June 22, 2020.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

While she was working as a speech pathologist, May had been bouncing around from job to job.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022

As he dropped the hammer down, missing over and over again, Genie started firing off the questions that had been bouncing around in his head since Tess started this whole explanation.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds