Example Sentences

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Che Adams scored the opening goal of the game for the hosts, flicking the ball past Canaries goalkeeper Angus Gunn after Tino Livramento's cross had ricocheted around the six-yard box.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2022

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

He said authorities found the bullet was partially flattened, indicating it had ricocheted.

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2017

The emails had ricocheted off of a thousand drives before they landed in Marks’s in-box.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin