flung
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The successful launch of SpaceX’s IPO got the market excited that the window to go public was flung open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
During the final round of the PGA Championship in 2025, he angrily flung his driver near a volunteer so hard that it damaged a sign and snapped the head off the club’s shaft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Cold water splattered Jonathan and, for a moment, he thought she had done it on purpose— flung herself, clothes and all, into the lake, to swim.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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