fling

She gets a tattoo and embarks on a fling, and with great tenderness Mr. Drury depicts the fallout from her 30-year itch, as it might be called.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Thousands flock to a small Spanish town to fling tomatoes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Jean’s brief fling during the summer of 1998 coincided with the public airing of Monica’s doomed romance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

Tornadoes are tunnels of wind half a mile wide that pick up cars and fling them three towns over.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

In this moment, Romy is controlled by insatiable need, and the way she flings herself onto the ground feels almost childlike in its carelessness, a juvenile desire to ride the feeling to its natural conclusion.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

Without even looking, he catches a ball that comes zinging our way and flings it back to home.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Raiola flung a 29-yard touchdown pass while dodging a pass rush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Stray bits of seaweed were flung to the side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

After Rybakina sent an ace past her to secure victory, Sabalenka flung her racquet away in disgust before congratulating her opponent.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

But she also hadn’t flung the angry words at him that were simmering below the surface: How could you and Ivy's mom have signed those agreements?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Karl ducks into a shop and comes out with a bottle of water, flinging it under a bungee cord attached to his trolley, which he had made in Nicaragua early in the adventure.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

His offspring are made of lesser stuff than him, but our hero manages to earn redemption by flinging a stockcar around a tri-oval racetrack 180 times at 200 miles per hour.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

For as long as index funds have existed, they’ve been under attack from competitors flinging one flimsy pretext after another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

"I want to demonstrate that I can make serious points by flinging a custard pie around the stage for a couple of hours," the Czech-born Stoppard said in a 1970s interview.

From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025

Then flinging herself upon the uncomfortable sofa she said, “Mademoiselle, I am going to move away from my house on Esplanade Street.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin