fling
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He maintained a strong and tender marriage, despite his fling with Kahlo, and tried to keep up with the times during breaks from work on his biography of Stalin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
"They will get out, but not like people think. It's not as if they're going to fling the doors open like a bull run."
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
Smith tried to drag a pull around the corner only for Jacks, at backward square leg, to fling himself to his right and cling on with his right hand.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
The discovery focuses on rare natural glass called tektites, which form when a meteorite hits Earth with enough force to melt the surface and fling molten material vast distances.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025
I hear Matthew still yelling, his Noise exploding after me, and I reach the back door and fling it open before I realize.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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