Example Sentences

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While it had bounced 6.6% from its April 10 close, it was still down 28.7% so far this year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Dutch electronics and medical device manufacturer Philips said Tuesday that it had bounced back into the black in 2025, as it seeks to turn the page on a scandal over faulty sleep apnoea machines.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

After being selected No. 3 overall in the 2018 draft by the Jets, he had bounced around the league without achieving much until that one season in Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

The idea of a national cultural center had bounced around American politics for three decades before President John F. Kennedy pushed for legislation to create it, using both public and private money.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

Starting before she was born, her parents had bounced from state to state because, in their words, “that’s where our paychecks pulled us.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman