fling off
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The magnetic field lines twisted and eventually snapped, causing the cluster to fling off a series of enormous, billion-ton blobs of plasma toward Earth, each embedded with strong magnetic fields.
From Science Magazine ● May 13, 2024
Another thing she discovered was that her legs can be unpredictable and "fling off the bed" and she often needs a physio session afterwards to refresh her limbs.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
Then they are put through speed and core strength workouts designed to generate enough momentum to fling off the ground.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
For him, the sport is, as Jenny Hendrix puts it, “a way to fling off the usual protections—an expunging of consciousness so complete that all that remains behind is a kind of ecstatic joy.”
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2018
Arwin’s the first to fling off his shoes.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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