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hurl

[hurl] / hɜrl /


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To prove her historic hurl was no fluke, she came back with a 192-6 effort on her sixth and last throw.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

I will admit, at times I wanted to hurl my laptop into the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Moments later his epic 54-yard hurl to Marvin Mims Jr paid off spectacularly, caught deep downfield.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

This rapid rearrangement can heat plasma to millions of degrees and hurl energized particles away from the site, creating a solar flare.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026

She automatically checked the angry words she wanted to hurl at him.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

The reason anyone who hurls themselves off a mountain for a living might perform such a procedure is a matter of aerodynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

These intimacy issues are compressed as tightly as a packed snowball, and I wanted to address them before that icy sphere hurls my way, potentially hitting me smack in the face.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2025

As Indy hurls himself into a familiar round of death-defying high jinks, you may find yourself scanning the lightly scruffed but artificially smoothed contours of Ford’s mug and wondering precisely that question.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

But if Mr. Macron doesn’t bend, he risks cementing his image as “Jupiter,” who hurls down orders from above and takes counsel from few, analysts say.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

I open my mouth to thank him for protecting me, but Hammie hurls herself at me, smothering me and Roshan in a hug.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

In an unprecedented rush of emergency fundraising, boosters hurled down an extra $20 million to keep their stars—and, just as importantly, keep them out of Kiffin’s clutches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

One star is hurled away, while the other is captured into orbit around the black hole.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

But the insults hurled by both sides that day passed freely through the bars.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Maher said he brought with him to the dinner a list of almost five dozen epithets the president had hurled his way over the years, intending to ask Trump to sign it for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

In the discus-throwing when his turn came and he hurled the heavy missile, it swerved and fell among the spectators.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The storyline is inscrutable, but Walters displays real range, gazing forlornly in the rain, hurling dishes at a wall, grinning and giving high-fives when a family takes him bowling.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

North Korea has recently been hurling criticism at Japan, a former regional colonial power, over what Pyongyang describes as its remilitarisation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Since then, restaurant chains have been hurling discounts and deals at consumers to win them back.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

A video widely circulated online showed a number of people, including one wielding a hurling stick, confronted the attacker until police officers arrived at the scene.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

On Stanton’s orders, Lafayette Baker staged a mock burial, wrapping the “body” in a horse blanket and publicly hurling it into the Potomac.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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