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Recent Examples of pounce
Simon Lucas, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The film shot nearly three years ago and has faced several pounces around the release calendar since staking out an original January 2023 date.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Paul Matzko / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Other behaviors were competitive, characterized by chasing, physical pushing, pouncing and biting.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Even where the most negligible harmonic variations in a voice or instrument are concerned, the Technics pounces on them like its life depended on it.
—Simon Lucas, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
The film shot nearly three years ago and has faced several pounces around the release calendar since staking out an original January 2023 date.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
Carter pounced on the opportunity and went far beyond what liberals found tolerable.
—Paul Matzko / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Other behaviors were competitive, characterized by chasing, physical pushing, pouncing and biting.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounce
Noun
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For more on how to protect yourself from this type of attack, see our advice on avoiding phishing scams.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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The 90 Palestinian detainees and prisoners who were freed Sunday were women and minors, but upcoming releases of some 1,900 more are expected to include adult men who carried out deadly attacks on Israeli civilians.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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For a year or two along the way, Dan's wife, Marilyn, wore a cub costume and also cavorted on the sideline.—
Neal Rubin,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Dec. 2024
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Some 500 of them cavorted at Frank Buck’s Jungle Camp on a humanmade structure called Monkey Mountain.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
Verb
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They can be found romping (or dozing) in the zoo's snow leopard habitat.—
Christine Clarridge,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
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The release included a video of the zoo's newest resident romping about her enclosure with her mother.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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For kids, there’s also The Snow Zone, a place to play and frolic in the snow.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
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On January 1, Markle celebrated the new year by frolicking barefoot on a seemingly empty beach in a loose-fitting white button-up and white capris pants.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
1 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The new brand’s packaging and visual identity – created by Mexican artist Francisco Herrera and featuring a winged spider monkey — evokes Kahlo’s exotic style, as well as her love of these monkeys, which once gamboled around her garden.—
Joan Oleck,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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Those endless summer days spent watching Messi gambol around the football pitches of our souls?—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
14 July 2024
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“Pounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounce. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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