flung

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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

Princeton’s players flung their sticks and gloves into the air.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When I visited Havana again this spring to report on the mounting crisis, the malecón was deserted, strewn with brown seaweed that had been flung from the ocean by crashing waves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

As the spin increases, loose material can be flung off the surface and sometimes form a small moon.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Alfhercht stopped on the balcony and flung the whistle at the creature.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack