fling
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The man she was seeing, Kjetil, had already made it clear he was looking for love rather than a fling.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 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
His fling with Pearl in the present might be a cross-cultural meet-cute.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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
I had delivered the morning paper to him for years, once managing to fling a folded Bluefield Daily Telegraph right through a tier of milk bottles on his front porch.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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