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The gunman threw out the key to a van that he said was parked nearby with a shotgun inside that was in fact recovered.

However, this same high court threw out the acquittal in the first place, so Knox may need more than luck to walk free.

Bud Harrelson bunted and Perez came down from first and seized the ball and threw out Kranepool at third.

The Supreme Court threw out the case, after having ready been denied at the district and circuit court level.

A judge eventually threw out the suit, concluding that the charges “lacked specificity.”

She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.

On the occasion referred to, some of our men, in their burrowing, threw out a considerable quantity of asbestos.

He threw out his arms, as if trying to indicate the proportions of a great world or of an enormous ocean.

I threw out a bait to see if you would snap at it, but I find you timid, and therefore advise you to drop the matter entirely.'

Once upon the roof, the man straightened himself up, threw out his chest and squared back his broad shoulders.

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

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