fling

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

"They will get out, but not like people think. It's not as if they're going to fling the doors open like a bull run."

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

Smith tried to drag a pull around the corner only for Jacks, at backward square leg, to fling himself to his right and cling on with his right hand.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Thanks to a Dolby Creator Lab Grant, Stern was able to work with Wild to shape a purposefully incoherent soundscape, using Dolby Atmos to fling sounds all around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

I call Sausun as I fling things on.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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

The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Olympic medalist Jordan Chiles sails through the air with ease as her professional dance partner Ezra Sosa flings her around — last week, on a harness.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025

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

He flings his arms as his feet pound the sidewalk.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

Jacob was flung to the other side of the road, experts testified at the civil trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

When I visited Havana again this spring to report on the mounting crisis, the malecón was deserted, strewn with brown seaweed that had been flung from the ocean by crashing waves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

As the spin increases, loose material can be flung off the surface and sometimes form a small moon.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

She flung it open, and she and Valley both threw their hands up, prepared for battle.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

For as long as index funds have existed, they’ve been under attack from competitors flinging one flimsy pretext after another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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

A priest gave nonstop blessings, flinging holy water from a pink plastic bucket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 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

"Poor mortal," the voice whispered, and the stone under his feet jerked and jolted, flinging him down again.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin