Thesaurus results for POUNCING (ON)

pouncing (on)

verb

present participle of pounce (on)

as in tackling

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Rain that turned into the season's first significant snow, accompanied by strong wind, complicated the already difficult task of tackling the blaze and firefighters had to pull out overnight after several hours, officials said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Compassion doesn’t mean that presidents or other public officials should bow to enemies or surrender common sense in tackling the world’s harsh realities.

— Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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At Emma Long Metropolitan Park in Northwest Austin, the number of burglaries reported within 300 feet of the park more than quadrupled from 2024 to 2025, jumping from 15 to 68.

— Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 29 Oct. 2026
Garcia last played in the Ryder Cup in 2021, several months before jumping to LIV.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of jumping

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Mean-mugging white classmates who, in turn, were sheepish and chastened.

— Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
And yet, Simon Farnaby is perhaps most recognizable for mugging his rather expressive and jovial face, usually beneath a crop of untamed curly hair, across a series of scene-stealing comic cameos.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

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In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
The approval of Revolution Medicines’ pancreatic cancer drug Rasonque earlier this year showed that a medicine capable of attacking mutations in a group of genes called RAS could prolong survival for patients with the particularly aggressive cancer.

— Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of attacking

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Federal prosecutors charged him with assaulting the agent, then dropped the case in February.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Stokes’ wife, former Hot 97 radio personality and employee TT Torrez, has also spoken out against the incident, issuing a statement through a representative accusing Funk Flex of physically assaulting her during the altercation with her husband.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of assaulting

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In a process known as autotomy, the assailing bee leaves its stinger operating independently, driven by its own muscles, various glands, neural ganglia, and a venom sac.

— Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
The German leader countered that the far-right party won't win a majority in the country, assailing its stance toward Ukraine and rhetoric on migration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

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