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hurl

[hurl] / hɜrl /


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Once he’s managed to hurl himself past the surf to rest atop an underwater cliff, the darkness below is as scary as if we’d regressed into primordial prey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He said this knowing full well the public would see it and want to hurl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The mob was there to accost and hurl insults at 58-year-old Kiai Ashari, the caretaker of the Ndholo Kusumo Islamic boarding school, as he was escorted away by police.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Moments later his epic 54-yard hurl to Marvin Mims Jr paid off spectacularly, caught deep downfield.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

They sprint, shout, hurl themselves over obstacles; in field exercises they play a game where ten boys get red armbands and ten get black.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The reason anyone who hurls themselves off a mountain for a living might perform such a procedure is a matter of aerodynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

These intimacy issues are compressed as tightly as a packed snowball, and I wanted to address them before that icy sphere hurls my way, potentially hitting me smack in the face.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2025

As usual, Anderson hurls his characters into a collective crisis that gives rise to individual bursts of resistance and reconciliation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

But if Mr. Macron doesn’t bend, he risks cementing his image as “Jupiter,” who hurls down orders from above and takes counsel from few, analysts say.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

It hurls me to the floor of the sea.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

He hurled his glove high into the air, before his teammates swarmed him near the mound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

One star is hurled away, while the other is captured into orbit around the black hole.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

"The country and the world witnessed what happened at Jantar Mantar. Some mischievous youngsters hurled vile abuses," Modi, 75, said in a video posted on Instagram late Friday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Spoiler alert, if you somehow avoided Homer in community college: Nobody, save biblical Job, has had more misery hurled at them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

She hurled the scraping stone as hard as she could against a rock.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The clip, which you can watch here, features Donna Arthur, Acton’s birth mother, hurling some ugly allegations.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

North Korea has recently been hurling criticism at Japan, a former regional colonial power, over what Pyongyang describes as its remilitarisation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

South Africa's Zulu king has expressed "deep" regret after a leaked video captured him hurling a barrage of insults at one of his wives.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Since then, restaurant chains have been hurling discounts and deals at consumers to win them back.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

She spends hours kneeling by herself on the sixth floor with the window open and the sea hurling arctic air into the room, her fingers on the model of Saint-Malo slowly going numb.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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