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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pounce .
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Examples
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When the dog whelk finally "pounces" on the limpet, it punctures a hole in the shell and digests it.
Thestar.com - Home Page Amy Laughinghouse 2010
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Pensfan71 - The fact that a [profane] tsburgh fan "pounces" at posting
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Arianna pounces: 70 years? doesn't that include W's unpaid for two wars, Medicaid drug benefits and No-Child-Left-Behind?
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now w/ Huffington and Matalin: Who Blinks in Washington... in Wisconsin? Also, DOMA, Watson, and Mardi Gras HuffPost Radio 2011
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She's the squeaky clean cousin and ward of Celimene who is desired by Philante but immediately develops a hankering for Frank and pounces on him at the first opportunity.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "School For Lies" A Triumph Michael Giltz 2011
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Arianna pounces: 70 years? doesn't that include W's unpaid for two wars, Medicaid drug benefits and No-Child-Left-Behind?
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now w/ Huffington and Matalin: Who Blinks in Washington... in Wisconsin? Also, DOMA, Watson, and Mardi Gras HuffPost Radio 2011
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Arianna pounces: 70 years? doesn't that include W's unpaid for two wars, Medicaid drug benefits and No-Child-Left-Behind?
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now w/ Huffington and Matalin: Who Blinks in Washington... in Wisconsin? Also, DOMA, Watson, and Mardi Gras HuffPost Radio 2011
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Labour pounces on phone-hacking revelations as potential election gift
David Cameron's judgment in hiring Andy Coulson condemned in poll 2011
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She's the squeaky clean cousin and ward of Celimene who is desired by Philante but immediately develops a hankering for Frank and pounces on him at the first opportunity.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "School For Lies" A Triumph Michael Giltz 2011
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Gregory, nobody's fool he, pounces with, "But you didn't say 'never'!"
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The rabbit shrieks, stumbles, and the spider pounces.
stay out of the garden James Claffey 2011
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