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• n  the act of pouncing
• v  move down on as if in an attack

• And lately, at least, every time Obama turns around, he seems to give conservatives an opening to pounce on him.
• Clinton, Republicans, media all seize on San Francisco remarks, rivals pounce on him for reiterating his sentiments Friday night.
• Borderline disastrous moment at the end when she gave an equivocal answer about drivers licenses for illegal immigrants in New York; it opened the door for her opponents to pounce .

• swoop

News & Articles

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• Giant mosquitoes expected to be summertime nuisance
  A summertime threat may be ready to pounce in Florida.
  June 11, 2013 - WESH 2 Orlando
• How buyers can navigate tight housing market
  Home prices around Western Washington in May were up around 13 percent from a year ago and inventories are down, so buyers need to be ready to pounce when they find the home they want.
  June 7, 2013 - KING5 Seattle

Quotes

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• Rudy Giuliani in Newsweek
  Of course it's going to be high stakes,Giuliani said in an interview Wednesday with "Good Morning America" on ABC. "The media is ready to pounce on any mistake. ...... She looks to me like she's got tremendous confidence, got tremendous...
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka in The Associated Press
  They will be trying everything to rile us,Japan defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka said. "They are smart. Against New Zealand they were not taking risks and were just waiting to pounce on mistakes."
• Daniel Radcliffe in NEWS.com.au
  There was one girl there, oh my god, she had eyes that just looked at me like she wanted to pounce on me,Radcliffe said yesterday. "She stared at me the whole night and I was going to get her number and then I couldn't find her. I must...