toss
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Gibson had never previously completed a captain's TV toss interview so, with Sky Sports on location, the match was given the full treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
During the tournament, a new tradition has also emerged: Fans gather and toss a person into the air, as is traditionally done with a groom at a wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
In the spring of 2020, sorting my life into three boxes—keep, donate, toss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Yes, the toss was important and the conditions stifling, but England once again missed priceless opportunities.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
I toss aside the newspaper before she can ask more questions.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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As if releasing a pro-stealing film in a very anti-theft corporate culture weren’t ballsy enough, radical filmmaker Boots Riley grabs everything from the kitchen sink and tosses it into the blender for “I Love Boosters.”
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
England effectively faced an Australia second XI throughout, won four of the five tosses and they blew it - a 4-1 series defeat confirmed by the fifth Test loss in Sydney.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Georgia got one snap from scrimmage and had some frantic fun with it, with players making nine lateral tosses like a fledgling rugby squad before quarterback Gunner Stockton was tackled to end the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
She tosses carrots, celery and other fibrous treats like cucumbers on top of the branches and leaves that are reminiscent of the apes’ West Central Africa rainforest habitat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
She tears off a bite of burger and tosses it to a brown-and-white mutt with oversize ears.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Farage again powered through after a protester tossed a milkshake over him when he first ran for election in this sunny seaside town, eventually winning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Wilber Urbina Garcia tossed and turned in bed 23 on the first floor at the Adelanto ICE Detention Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rice noodles are tossed in a glossy dressing of tomato paste, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, Sriracha, rice wine vinegar and just enough Kewpie mayonnaise to give everything a silky sheen.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
With Ireland already up against it, their cause was not helped when Sam Prendergast tossed a pass into Max Jorgensen's hands.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Nine tossed the last of his satchels into the tree hollow and heaved a patch of moss over the hole.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Was ever knight for ladyes sake Soe tost in love, as I, Sir Guy, For Phelis fayre, that lady bright As ever man beheld with eye?
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"Est-ce l� d�fense et illustration," he exclaims, "ou -183-plus tost offense et d�nigration?"
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
But "my state is so tost and weather-beaten, that it hath nowe no anchor-holde left to cleave unto."
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
The Hector come from out the fight in arms Achilles lost, The Hector that on Danaan decks the Phrygian firebrands tost.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
Emergency workers stood on the charred roof, still smelling of burning, sawing off damaged sections and tossing the debris into a pile.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Now I was lifting myself from the bathroom floor with shaking hands for a fitful night of tossing in bed, a raging headache waiting for me in the morning.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
“I’ve had enough,” he said, removing the microphone from his lapel and tossing it to the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
And because I’ve saved money on the practical things, I can justify tossing a bag of frozen dumplings into my basket for fun — a tiny luxury subsidized by scallions.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Grace joined him, tossing two handfuls of gold coins up into the air.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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