fling

Thousands flock to a small Spanish town to fling tomatoes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

When my body said to fling, I really needed to flick; when I used force, I really needed finesse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

We advance at a run, fling ourselves down, and our panting breath moves the stalks of the grasses and the flowers of the heather to and fro.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The cowboy grips its reins and mane with one hand, his sole sure purchase on the almost upright animal, and flings out his free arm to balance himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

That feeling of being incomplete starts to fade, filled by other things — work, art, old friends, new flings.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 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

Suddenly, a custodian barrels past us and flings open the Coach's door.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Stray bits of seaweed were flung to the side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

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

I flung open the door and raced down the hallway.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Federal prosecutors in 2023 brought the largest “diesel tampering” case in history, flinging around felonies and landing $1.8 million in fines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

His offspring are made of lesser stuff than him, but our hero manages to earn redemption by flinging a stockcar around a tri-oval racetrack 180 times at 200 miles per hour.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

His top highlight came on an offensive rebound he snagged while falling out of bounds and saved by flinging a pass to Perry for a three-pointer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 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

Already men were breaking away, flying wild and witless here and there, flinging away their weapons, crying out in fear, falling to the ground.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien