hurl
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I will admit, at times I wanted to hurl my laptop into the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Moments later his epic 54-yard hurl to Marvin Mims Jr paid off spectacularly, caught deep downfield.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
They can also hurl massive amounts of plasma and high-energy particles into space, creating solar storms that travel across the solar system.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
“If people want to hurl insults, we will protect that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
Seconds later, everyone around me starts running away from the blast, and I hurl myself against them, shoulder first, toward Uriah.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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The reason anyone who hurls themselves off a mountain for a living might perform such a procedure is a matter of aerodynamics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
While he hurls baseless accusations and complaints in that episode, Funches presents a compelling case against another player, Atlanta Housewife Porsha Williams, at a banishment debate.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
As Indy hurls himself into a familiar round of death-defying high jinks, you may find yourself scanning the lightly scruffed but artificially smoothed contours of Ford’s mug and wondering precisely that question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
According to Bhamla, if a pitcher hurls a baseball at 100 miles per hour, their hand must also move at that speed during the throwing motion.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2023
Holding me steady, he hurls the half-eaten fruit as far as he can.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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One star is hurled away, while the other is captured into orbit around the black hole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Spoiler alert, if you somehow avoided Homer in community college: Nobody, save biblical Job, has had more misery hurled at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He found broken trees littering the mountainside and hurled into the water, and vast swathes of scarred rock stripped of soil and vegetation.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
But as he hurled his partner high above the ice, he was thrown off balance by grammar and umlauts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Koffi hurled herself over a log, and Ekon followed.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Also associated with traditional West Country competitions and events such as mangelwurzel hurling.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The storyline is inscrutable, but Walters displays real range, gazing forlornly in the rain, hurling dishes at a wall, grinning and giving high-fives when a family takes him bowling.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
North Korea has recently been hurling criticism at Japan, a former regional colonial power, over what Pyongyang describes as its remilitarisation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Since then, restaurant chains have been hurling discounts and deals at consumers to win them back.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Sure enough, there was Janina in the middle of the street, squatting on her haunches, hurling her voice, thumbing her nose at Buffo, taunting him in perfect imitation of me.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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