fling
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Thousands flock to a small Spanish town to fling tomatoes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
When my body said to fling, I really needed to flick; when I used force, I really needed finesse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
His fling with Pearl in the present might be a cross-cultural meet-cute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Before Ma can say another word, I fling open the door and dash out of the apartment.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
And when the stormy morning after arrives, each peal of thunder sends Julia into a paroxysm of nerves that flings her around like a handkerchief caught in a stiff breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
The senior Trudeau had a couple of famous flings of his own with American singer Barbra Streisand and Canadian actress Kim Cattrall of Sex and the City fame.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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
The kind of person who lies to strangers out of boredom and shrugs her way through flings with unattractive men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
He leaves the car running—thankfully, because it’s ninety degrees outside— but flings his door open and runs around to the trunk.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
Rushing flung his whole body into the tag, but Carrigg was called safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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
They flung insults, took offense, using language like “contempt,” “abuse,” and “revilement” on the floor of Congress.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
"Maybe we're not flinging ourselves off massive jumps or sliding down a track at 80 miles per hour, but it's a lot harder than people realise to even keep your balance."
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
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
The cafeteria with kids flinging peas at each other and ignoring me.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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