throwing out
Example Sentences
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The third invitation she accepted was also sports-related: throwing out the ceremonial pitch at a Red Sox game—despite the fact that she grew up rooting for the Yankees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
It’s worth pausing here to say: it can be surprisingly easy to slip into guilt when you start throwing out food.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
All three have since recalled destroying or throwing out the family's belongings - from furniture to photo albums - in an attempt to cancel their father's existence.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
This is partly because people are buying secondhand clothes the same way they do fast fashion: throwing out garments quickly and rapidly buying new ones.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026
John Garrett still did not know the identity of the man he was throwing out of his house.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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