ricochet
noun
the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting from a surface one or more times as a result of a glancing blow.
had ricocheted
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past perfectof ricochet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After several weeks of searching, his friend, Andreas Forsberg, a fellow geologist, found the 30-pound chunk sticking out of the moss where it had ricocheted, about 230 feet away.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
But several phases earlier in the move, the ball had ricocheted off Alexis Mac Allister's chest into his arm.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
Alex Rowlett-Little, 21, had planned to join the peaceful demonstrations that were sprouting in his neighborhood after video of the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. had ricocheted around the Internet.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2020
The jury’s verdict largely sided with the defense, which argued that Zarate had accidentally shot the gun and that the bullet had ricocheted off the concrete before striking Steinle.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2017
The emails had ricocheted off of a thousand drives before they landed in Marks’s in-box.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
