fling
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Danson was freshly split from his second wife, producer Cassandra Coates, who served him divorce papers after the tabloids outed his fling with Goldberg early that year.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 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
Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
“I hear that excitement is the master of the hour, that you fling yourself through these dominions like a comet across the firmament. What’s the word, good Bod?”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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