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Recent Examples of pounce
Christine Persaud, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
With a postseason spot now guaranteed, the Yankees may think the Blue Jays will relax and the door is open to pounce on the division lead.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
All of the show’s authority figures — Morrow, Kirsh, Boy Kavalier, Dame Sylvia — end the season caged, with a Xenomorph looming above them, looking potentially ready to pounce.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The spinning ball zooms around a circular track so your cat can watch, prep and pounce, feeding their natural hunting instinct.
—Verb
The Blue Jays conclude their three-game set with Boston on Thursday before taking on the Tampa Bay Rays for the final three home games of the season, and every loss from here on out is an opportunity for the Yankees to pounce.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounce
Noun
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Good's defenders – including city and state leaders – are calling what happened an unjustified attack; federal authorities say the agent was acting in self-defense.—
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In Kyiv, a CNN reporter said that the attack began around midnight, starting with multiple drone strikes on residential buildings.—
Verb
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Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.—
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Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.—
Verb
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Celebrini was coming off a three-point game on Wednesday when the Sharks romped past the Seattle Kraken 6-1 for their fifth victory in eight games.—
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But Richards were there to celebrate and romp as well.—
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Chloe Bailey is pretty good at drinking water, frolicking on a beach, and minding her business.—
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In a recap slide of photos from the holidays, Chamberlain gave a glimpse into her celebration, which showed Chamberlain frolicking through the snow in Rhinebeck, New York and enjoying the cozy warmth of a cabin alongside her friends.—
Verb
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His nephew said that, for decades, his grandparents had kept alive a faint hope that maybe their hero son had just been captured and would one day come gamboling through the front door to the family’s Brookside home.—
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An escaped pet zebra that went on the lam in Tennessee was captured Sunday after gamboling in the forest for more than a week.—
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“Pounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounce. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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