fling

Thousands flock to a small Spanish town to fling tomatoes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Danson was freshly split from his second wife, producer Cassandra Coates, who served him divorce papers after the tabloids outed his fling with Goldberg early that year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The man she was seeing, Kjetil, had already made it clear he was looking for love rather than a fling.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

In this zone, the combined gravitational effects of the two stars either fling planets out of the system or pull them inward until they are destroyed.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026

We advance at a run, fling ourselves down, and our panting breath moves the stalks of the grasses and the flowers of the heather to and fro.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The cowboy grips its reins and mane with one hand, his sole sure purchase on the almost upright animal, and flings out his free arm to balance himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The snare's "exceptionally high power" flings the ant into a bigger web at "15 times the most extreme g-forces experienced by jet pilots", said lead researcher Prof Ajay Narendra.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Bertrand often flings bowling balls—flaming ones on New Year’s Eve—but today we’re launching spherical garden stones.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

And based on the Cosmopolitan timeline of her previous flings and relationships, the odds are against J.Lo staying single, so it might not take long for bettors to cash in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

Miriam flings her arms around my neck with such affection I have to struggle not to cry.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Dozens of Khan supporters gathered near the private hospital, while others flung handfuls of red flower petals at passing cars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

He spent days driving his truck around towns, collecting dead cattle flung into people's homes and lining the roads.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

During the final round of the PGA Championship in 2025, he angrily flung his driver near a volunteer so hard that it damaged a sign and snapped the head off the club’s shaft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Tiny shards of twigs were flung in every direction and the stump split in two.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

What makes the act of flinging himself upside down so audacious is that it’s entirely gratuitous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri was luckly to escape a yellow card for dissent after reacting angrily when a Nigerian took a foul throw, flinging the ball into the ground.

From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025

On paper, Greene has a lot going for her a Trump’s heir apparent, and she likely will get checkbooks flinging open.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

By flinging its doors open wider than ever before, the tournament would be more inclusive and the change would probably result in a host of nations reaching the World Cup for the first time.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

The dog had cornered a sock and was playing a game with himself, picking it up and flinging it across the ground, only to chase it down again.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers