throwing out
Example Sentences
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In throwing out the guilty verdict, the state supreme court found that jury deliberations were fatally flawed by improper remarks by Becky Hill, then the Colleton County clerk of court.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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
The problem is that investors and market outsiders often take him at his word, when he’s merely throwing out options, and thus overreact.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
She was used to me throwing out numbers and calculating everything.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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