fling
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Thousands flock to a small Spanish town to fling tomatoes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 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
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
I lean my rifle in a corner, I set my pack against the wall, place my helmet on it and fling down my equipment and baggage.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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
She claims to inhabit the soul of Albert Camus, and flings around aphorisms about art that fly over Cricket’s head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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
That feeling of being incomplete starts to fade, filled by other things — work, art, old friends, new flings.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
And then, without saying another word, she reaches over, picks me up, and flings me onto her right shoulder.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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
He spent days driving his truck around towns, collecting dead cattle flung into people's homes and lining the roads.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In it, a black SUV is pointed toward a white van, its door flung open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
His grandfather was dozing in an armchair by the fire when Christopher flung open the door.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
When facing questions from the committee, the tired-looking Patel did a much poorer job than Bondi of flinging insults at senators.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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
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
Before I can protest, he puts all his strength into flinging me high—and I find myself sailing up toward the arch that still looms ahead.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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