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as in bouncing
to strike and fly off at an angle the basketball glanced off the rim her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout
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as in peeking
to take a quick or hasty look just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there
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as in gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light diamonds glancing in the display case
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Recent Examples of glancing
CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022 One of the victims suffered a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets. —Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 But the glancing references to Western Sahara’s decades-old territorial dispute, depicted here as a mere unexpected obstacle in the characters’ quest for a transformative experience, belie a deeper history that is not simply a logistical inconvenience. —Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for glancing
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Both people were attacked in Myrtle Beach on Monday with one suffering a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets. —CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022 One of the victims suffered a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets. —Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022
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Emotional details piled on — an injured German shepherd being protected by the pack, a corgi leading the group, glancing back to check on the others. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 But the glancing references to Western Sahara’s decades-old territorial dispute, depicted here as a mere unexpected obstacle in the characters’ quest for a transformative experience, belie a deeper history that is not simply a logistical inconvenience. —Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for glancing
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Mlodzinski began this season as a full-fledged starter for the first time in his four-year career after bouncing between the rotation and the bullpen last season.— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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For nearly two decades, the percentage of people 15 or older working full time for an employer has been stuck in a loop, bouncing between 42% and 46%.— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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There was a ficus tree directly next to the spa deck, a white hawk flying just below the clouds, and the leaves of a cecropia tree, where sloths typically sleep, peeking into my periphery.— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
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Video shows the mother bear peeking her head out from the den and then wriggling out of it, signaling for the cubs to follow her.— Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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Both had bought into the Soviet Union’s vision of Pripyat as a gleaming new city that would accompany the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.— Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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The service As polished as the gleaming white-and-grey marble everywhere, and more down-to-earth than the lavish décor might suggest.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
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And with that comes needs at about every position but quarterback, some perhaps more glaring than others but all part of the Rubik’s twists and turns of their broader equation.— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
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But those accomplishments make her failure to end the scandal surrounding her second son even more glaring.— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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In the gutter, the usual New Orleans blend of litter and live-oak leaves was topped by a shimmering layer of pink fish scales glinting in the sun.— Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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The path down is picturesque, but peppered with black snakes glinting in the sun.— Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
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Its primary food source is the winter firefly (Diaphanes lampyroides), which attracts mates with a continuous, non-flashing light.— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
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To find the best Lyrids, locate the blue-white light of Vega — and with it the approximate position of the radiant — shining high above the eastern horizon after the moon has set on April 22.— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Those with stainless steel appliances and a full household know the struggle of streaks, smudges, and fingerprints all over your once-shining cookware.— Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
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In between glistening, shirtless crunches and sexy dalliances, Crown’s motives become clearer.— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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But while their forebears deconstructed rock conventions, HYPER GAL’s primary influence is the glistening textures of pop.— Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Glancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/glancing. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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