toss
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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
Mahmood may have been told to go easy on Fuchs, but the Austrian took his chance when faced with a full toss and then jokingly blew a kiss at Mahmood.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the spring of 2020, sorting my life into three boxes—keep, donate, toss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"I didn't mean to bowl a full toss to him. It just happened," Mahmood told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
I crumple yet another scrap and toss it in the burn bin.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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In the glow of a ring light, he tosses off glib advice that might itself be worthless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Taiwan has spent a whirlwind 15 months trying to win over the most unpredictable American leader in living memory as he tosses aside decades of precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
To help a shivering Cathy, Heathcliff rises from his wooden seat, smashes it on the floor and tosses the pieces into the fireplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 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
He tosses it in his jowls, taunting me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Chilled sweet peas and ribbons of summer zucchini are tossed separately with olive oil, more lemon juice and handfuls of fresh herbs.
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
He had advised Dimon directly on succession while he was on the board, and he had even had his name tossed around by some current and former executives as a possible candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
When my clients were displaced, they had treasured photos of deceased loved ones destroyed, lifesaving medication thrown away, and bikes and uniforms needed for work tossed into trash trucks.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
Her mother tossed away the hose, and they ran into each other’s arms.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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One wild gull in the offing lost, Wilder heart in my bosom tost.
From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young
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
I, like a Jewell, tost by sea to land, Am bought by him, who weares me on his hand.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
And he tost on the garment of satin His deep raven darkness of hair, And the song at my lips was ungathered, And I sate there to marvel and stare.
From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius
Oh throne of the world, to the war-dogs tost!
From Captain Sword and Captain Pen A Poem by Hunt, Leigh
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
Often they sat at the same table, tossing ideas back and forth.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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