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hurl

verb as in throw forcefully

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The parole hearing heard he continued to use racist language in prison, with Norris having been recorded in 2022 using the same racial slur that was hurled at Stephen before he was stabbed.

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In 2008, an Iraqi journalist hurled a shoe at the then US President George W Bush in protest over America's invasion of Iraq.

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Martin carried the can, but he didn't sign the players, he didn't hurl huge money, in Scottish terms, at players with, at best, questionable track records.

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An Irvine man was charged with hate crimes against Latino men, after allegedly hurling racial slurs, throwing hot coffee on someone and punching an elderly man.

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Another man accused of assaulting pro-Palestinian demonstrators and hurling racial epithets at them was also granted diversion in July.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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