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sling

verb as in throw or hang over

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When the slings and arrows finally proved too much, he went on the attack: “I think we’re going to start having a little fun with Michelle.”

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The mud slinging has also included allegations that some traders have been buying up substandard fuel from Russia which is then blended with other products before being shipped into Nigeria.

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During that evidence he admitted escaping from Wandsworth Prison in London by hanging in a makeshift sling under a food delivery lorry, concealed by the tailgate.

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At one point she was in a sling because she injured her shoulder having a seizure.

From BBC

First, patients go through a period of “immobilization” of roughly four weeks, Rothenberg said, during which time the shoulder should be subjected to only “very controlled movement” and is often kept cradled in a sling.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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