as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard
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This post was originally published on January 23 Bitcoin has limped into 2026, flailing in the wake of a gold price boom that’s catapulted it to an eye-watering $34 trillion market capitalization (triggering predictions of even more gains to come).
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
There are other ways to attempt to catapult.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
That unconventional, multipronged approach paid off, as LaCombe catapulted himself above lottery pick Pavel Mintyukov, the more physically robust Tristan Luneau and the 10-speed transmission skater Olen Zellweger.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Some passengers were catapulted through windows and their bodies were found hundreds of meters from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
There are other ways to attempt to catapult.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
That unconventional, multipronged approach paid off, as LaCombe catapulted himself above lottery pick Pavel Mintyukov, the more physically robust Tristan Luneau and the 10-speed transmission skater Olen Zellweger.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
Some passengers were catapulted through windows and their bodies were found hundreds of meters from the crash site, Andalusia regional president Juanma Moreno said.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapult
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Most of them have come under pressure while throwing, which means that Maye, his offensive line and McDaniels probably need to time his drops better.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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McIntyre threw Fatu threw a table and then picked up Rhodes, slamming him into another table with a massive powerbomb.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Even searches for ethnic slurs hurled at Danish people — language that has historically crept into the American lexicon to dehumanize wartime enemies — come up thin.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Williams rolled to his left, leaped in the air and hurled the ball downfield, all in one motion — and completed a 27-yard pass.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
18 Jan. 2026
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Someone off camera then tossed him that actual T-shirt.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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Failing to get a criminal conviction tossed and again complaining about the conditions at Rikers Island, Weinstein wants to begin negotiations with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s office ahead of his upcoming trial, his lawyer said during a hearing Thursday.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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In the cavernous, warehouse-like space, the boys turn into physical exhibitionists, showing off for one another by hoisting heavy chunks of scrap metal and flinging them across the ruin.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Most were immigrants from poor backgrounds, born in the Russian Empire between 1870 and 1910 and flung across the Atlantic as children or adolescents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Catapult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapult. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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