fling
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He added: "As a young male actor, generally, the minute you're not playing a zany artist type, the minute you're in a suit, people fling it at you."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Thousands flock to a small Spanish town to fling tomatoes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
In this zone, the combined gravitational effects of the two stars either fling planets out of the system or pull them inward until they are destroyed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
The fact that he turns blue from overexertion makes him unlikely to seriously pursue a fling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Then Webb gives me a gentle push, and when he does, I pretend he shoved me hard, fling the cap into the air, and fall over.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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The snare's "exceptionally high power" flings the ant into a bigger web at "15 times the most extreme g-forces experienced by jet pilots", said lead researcher Prof Ajay Narendra.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The drama approaches dark farce as Madame flings around her bedroom in a frenzy of dressing and primping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Olympic medalist Jordan Chiles sails through the air with ease as her professional dance partner Ezra Sosa flings her around — last week, on a harness.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
Bertrand often flings bowling balls—flaming ones on New Year’s Eve—but today we’re launching spherical garden stones.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
She flings her arms out when she sees us and envelops me in a tight, perfumed hug as if she hadn’t seen me this afternoon at the open house.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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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
This has left men like Wang, who are in their late 30s and who live in smaller cities or far- flung, rural areas, with few options.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Rushing flung his whole body into the tag, but Carrigg was called safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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
As she did, the door was flung open from the other side, and she tumbled forward.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Karl ducks into a shop and comes out with a bottle of water, flinging it under a bungee cord attached to his trolley, which he had made in Nicaragua early in the adventure.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Now flinging himself head-over-heels feels as simple as a single jump, Malinin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
What makes the act of flinging himself upside down so audacious is that it’s entirely gratuitous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri was luckly to escape a yellow card for dissent after reacting angrily when a Nigerian took a foul throw, flinging the ball into the ground.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
I clawed at the ground, flinging mud and dirt and snow in all directions.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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