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  • verb Present participle of pinball.

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Examples

  • The first of them, Xabi Alonso, was nothing more than a spectator as Messi challenged Sami Khedira, pinballing off the German midfielder and twisting through 90 degrees to follow the rebound.

    Lionel Messi mesmerises in Madrid but football is the star | Richard Williams 2011

  • But for the show's final number, "Over," he pointed the spotlight back toward the paranoid voices pinballing inside his cranium.

    In Concert: Drake at DAR Constitution Hall Chris Richards 2010

  • But for the show's final number, "Over," he pointed the spotlight back toward the paranoid voices pinballing inside his cranium.

    With a smirk or a scowl, Drake ignites admirers Chris Richards 2010

  • By the time the left scout tackled the pinballing pill, Scribe had circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run.

    BLASTIN’ THE BLUES LOREN LONG 2010

  • By the time the left scout tackled the pinballing pill, Scribe had circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run.

    BLASTIN’ THE BLUES LOREN LONG 2010

  • Yet, notwithstanding its difficulties, let's remember that engaging Russia is better policy than the previous administration's pinballing between infatuation and thoughtless antagonism.

    What Next in Russia? Peter Schechter 2010

  • To binge on The-Dream is to suffer the hangover - those persistent syllables pinballing inside your skull, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over ...

    Album review: The-Dream, "Love King" 2010

  • He jumped off my lap and chased his tail for a while, then got a megaburst of energy and went pinballing around the room.

    Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Susan Fletcher 2010

  • Yet, notwithstanding its difficulties, let's remember that engaging Russia is better policy than the previous administration's pinballing between infatuation and thoughtless antagonism.

    Peter Schechter: What Next in Russia? 2010

  • To binge on The-Dream is to suffer the hangover -- those persistent syllables pinballing inside your skull, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over ...

    Album review of 'Love King' by The-Dream 2010

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