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The Dodgers scrapped his slider, mixed in a sweeper, and told him his arm was so good that he should stop trying to make perfect pitches and just let fly.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

A couple of questions later, after defending his crowd sizes, he let fly with this:

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024

Man almost replicated that effort as he worked his way into the area and let fly again, but his strike hit team-mate George Puscas and the visitors cleared.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

Honestly, sometimes I’m just riding by and I realize that Kevin would probably enjoy hearing from me, so I park the bike, walk up to his front door, and let fly.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2023

With crack on crack of thunder, Zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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