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bouncy

[baun-see] / ˈbaʊn si /


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Scott Christensen, lead endurance instructor for USA Track & Field, says while he appreciates the potential performance-enhancing qualities of bouncy foam and carbon springboards, “everything has a cost-benefit ratio to it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

There will be snacks, drinks, live music, kid crafts, a bouncy house, a handful of actors in Shakespearean garb and scads of neighbors being neighborly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 11 catchy tracks spanning only 36 minutes, prominent guitars play counterpoint melodies supported by bouncy basslines and drums that were, as Mr. Hyden puts it, “made to sound like a robot.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

His mum, Gemma McConnell, said he had the time of his life enjoying lemonade and cake and playing in the bouncy castles in his own superhero outfit.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

As the bouncy, poppy-punk song filled my head, my insides relaxed and expanded.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

The treadmill surface is bouncier than the road, more forgiving on his body than pounding on pavement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The model showed that runners should run faster on softer, bouncier tracks that supported a runner's natural gait.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024

At the ultracold temperatures in the outer solar system, icy particles are also bouncier and are less likely to stick together when they collide.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

Against top-class batters on bouncier Australian pitches, Wood is a weapon Buttler will be glad to have in his arsenal.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2022

For a bouncier, more luxurious feel, such as in a bedroom, use a thicker one.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2019

Balls are about the size of a mature orange and the bounciest of the bunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Toronto Raptors are going to the Eastern Conference Finals thanks to the bounciest buzzer-beater you will ever see under normal gravitational conditions.

From Slate ● May 12, 2019

Surprisingly, though, several of the bounciest poems are actually mini-tragedies.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016

It is probably the quickest and bounciest pitch in world cricket, so the conditions will be alien to most of our players, and yet somehow England must produce a dramatically improved overall performance.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2013

Old Trafford, where the second Test will start on Friday, has the quickest, bounciest square in the country, and Finn is looking forward to the experience.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2010


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