sling
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Standing in front of a crib with her baby in a sling, she gives tips to new mothers who have gotten bills for hospital deliveries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Among his snags Monday was a leaping, two-handed grab off a sidearm sling from quarterback Matthew Stafford on the Rams’ second possession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Another video shows a heavy police presence and cordon around the Your Move estate agent, where paramedics are giving medical treatment to a clothed man on the ground who has his arm in a sling.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
During the early stages of development, giant planets can pass dangerously close to one another and sometimes sling neighboring worlds completely out of their solar systems.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
Her heels were black, too, with a sling back and a sharply pointed toe.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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"There will be a lot of dirt and slings thrown around in court between Musk and Altman and that is not a good thing for anyone involved...but Musk has made this personal."
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
To get older, wiser and have your skin thickened by all the slings and arrows?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Perhaps these qualities also prepared her to weather the slings and arrows of international NGO leadership and public speaking.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2025
NPS rangers and special agents from the Bureau of Land Management worked together to remove the massive amounts of plants and waste by hand and with slings attached to helicopters to airlift them out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
Then Quang-ha slings his arm around my shoulder and I know he's going to say something important.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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He slung a touchdown into a vanishingly small window with a defender closing fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the fields beyond, a squash farmer trudged home, a sack slung over his shoulder heavy with his harvest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Chalamet’s loss capped off a prickly night for the actor, who dodged a bit of mud slung in the direction of his gleaming white suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
A cloak was tied around his throat with a shimmering green jewel, and a leather belt was slung across his chest.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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With four overseas players introduced this year, fewer emerging players have been given much responsibility during the tournament, but Sunrisers' batters struggled with Phillips' slinging, awkward action.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
They also form a partnership and set out to make their fortune and save the planet with a tidal-energy company that they claim will “power our civilization by slinging a yoke around the moon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
On stage, they’re still in their prime, slinging out classics like “Grindin’” and “Virginia” between last year’s “Chains & Whips” and “So Be It.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
I would bet an entire wishbone they’re slinging pans of macaroni and cheese that will bring the house down.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2025
He didn’t take his eyes off her as he picked both items up, slinging the pack onto his shoulders and tightening the straps, then hefting the weapon in both hands once they were free.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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