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“Every day is a summer fling down here, and it’s not as great as that sounds,” the 34-year-old writer and PR professional says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2019

Others simply sit on the roadways, fighting crowds as volunteers on large relief trucks fling down bags of rice or bottles of water.

From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017

The hereditary duties of the King's Champion are to "gird himself in complete armor," ride out upon a noble charger, fling down his gauntlet, offer to fight all "liars and traitors" who asperse King Edward.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Dymoke's ancestors were supposed to ride in full armor into Westminster Hall, fling down a gantlet and challenge to mortal combat any who doubted the right to the throne of the newly crowned King.

From Time Magazine Archive

I lean my rifle in a corner, I set my pack against the wall, place my helmet on it and fling down my equipment and baggage.

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




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