throw
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Should the 35-year-old Donald, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, ultimately decide to throw on his shoulder pads again, it would supercharge a team that is already the preseason Super Bowl favorite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But South Korea's heatwave has made it uninhabitable, forcing him to seek refuge under a makeshift tarp just a stone’s throw from Gangnam’s gleaming skyscrapers, where the wealthy remain cool in their aloof abodes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
In a court hearing in December 2025, Bush's legal team tried to persuade the judge to throw his case out.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The nook can be a good space to throw bags, shoes and even dog bowls, she noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
It was a pulsing, heaving force, as if it were deliberately trying to throw off Clare’s balance and claim his soul.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
She throws every tangentially relevant piece of information she can—talking points, asides about old campaigns, recommendations for where to spend time in Detroit, references to bills she’s worked on—into each response.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
The news throws a spotlight on the woes of Germany's crucial automotive sector.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
While Saudi Arabia’s route though Egypt throws a lifeline to Asian buyers, it cannot fully replace Red Sea exports.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Lilli Donahue left her job in finance last year to launch a podcast dedicated to prenups, and regularly throws New York City events with divorce lawyers and financial planners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I wasn’t going to,” Tadeo continues, “but Legend likes you, so…” He throws his hands up.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The man only realised he threw away a winning ticket after a relative pointed out the numbers he always played had been drawn.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Stevens and her camp threw everything they had into the race.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
His department threw that work “in the trash,” assembled a new group of nutritionists and, he jokes, locked them in a room for 11 months to produce recommendations actually grounded in science.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Then in the fifth, he threw a sinker down the middle to left-handed hitter Michael Busch, who drove it out for a solo homer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
I guess the eliot stuff threw me It’s ok!
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
“It was going to prioritize authenticity of medicine and authenticity of representation. The word ‘documentarian’ was thrown around a lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Material thrown up from beneath the surface offers fresh clues about the Moon's geology, adding to what scientists already know about how the Earth-Moon system formed some 4.5 billion years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
In a way, it really was something I had thrown together.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hearn, a 67 year-old white-water canoe racer from Bethesda, Md., has kept a low profile since Pirro’s filing Friday night, and his case hasn’t yet been thrown out by a judge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
It could have been beautiful, if Nim hadn’t known that Jack was on the west side of the island, being tossed even farther from home, and Alex was on the east being thrown toward it.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Catcher Dalton Rushing, who’d already been pressed into duty because of Will Smith’s lingering neck injury, will be shut down from throwing for four to six weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The yen’s slide to a 40-year low indirectly threatened to bump up U.S. interest rates and risked throwing a wrench in plans to pull billions of dollars of Japanese investment into the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
For Mullins it's not about throwing money at more firetrucks and more aircraft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
And he demolishes his own ego by throwing himself into something wild and capricious headfirst.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It’s not the same,” he said, throwing the schedule down in disgust.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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