fling (off or away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fling (off or away)
Verb
  • Compost it or dump it in the trash in a sealed bag, but never put the starter—or sourdough dough for that matter—down the drain.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
  • When the beating ended, the group loaded Ortiz into the bed of a pickup truck and dumped him in a ditch, the station reported.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Today, House Republicans will move promptly to discard it.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • Make sure to discard salsa that was left out at room temperature for over two hours, especially on hot days.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Beside her, Skinner had unloaded his less dazzling bench in a desperate attempt to seize something.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Senior editor covering aerospace and defense The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • After ditching his family game night, Justin attends a party with his best friend Darius (Niles Fitch) and crosses paths with Keisha for the first time since elementary school.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • In this edition…OpenAI ditches those for-profit transition plans…Google is giving children under 13 access to its chatbot…and 250 CEOs are proposing computer science and AI be required curriculum for a K-12 education.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Again the water spray obscured what happened there just before the twister lost its power.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025
  • Bernie Madoff Bernie Madoff, infamous for the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, lost a personal net worth estimated at $823-$826 million before his 2008 downfall.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • In real life, most would-be Proud Boys don’t have cunning, progressive housemates who will throw away their gun parts.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
  • Westbrook scored 18 off the bench and was a huge contributor during a gritty third quarter, when Denver shaved a 14-point deficit to five despite Jokic picking up a dangerous fourth foul — and David Adelman throwing away his challenge in an effort to overturn it.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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“Fling (off or away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fling%20%28off%20or%20away%29. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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