Thesaurus results for FLINGS

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noun

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plural of fling

as in sprees

a time or instance of carefree fun most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling

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as in tries

an effort to do or accomplish something take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes

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as in affairs

a brief romantic relationship an ill-advised fling with a coworker

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fling

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it

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Noun

Throughout this dense and always engrossing survey of Lean’s career in film, Thompson threads the vicissitudes of the director’s personal life, spanning six wives and various other relationships and flings. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026 In the satirical comedy, Sacha Baron Cohen plays a successful and chauvinistic advertising CEO who lives for power and casual flings. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 May 2026 Some other royal biographers believe Elizabeth also cheated, perhaps in response to Philip’s flings. —

Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 May 2026 Peter wondered how his flings from Christopher Street might look when photographed. —

Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026 This one, written by Ryan Hurd, Jaxson Free and Daniel Ross, is going to be the soundtrack for beach flings all summer long. —

Melinda Newman, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2026 The haphazard plot twists itself into knots to include Jeremy Pope’s unfortunately eponymous character, before moving on to far shorter flings with equally monotonous cast members. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026 Skarsgård played one of Donna’s former flings, Bill, in both films. —

Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026 My obsessions are relatively fleeting, resulting in a series of torrid flings over the decades. —

Loz Blain january 15, New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2026

Verb

Knowing that there's no escape, Laurie makes her way to the roof of her home, ties a rope around her neck, and flings herself off the ledge, dying instantly. —

Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 All that’s left is a frantic kickout to Embiid, which flings wide left. —

Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Miranda flings furs across desks like royal decrees. —

Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026 In Pretty Woman, a waiter (Allan Kent) catches a flying escargot that Vivian accidentally flings across the room during a fancy dinner with Edward and other businessmen. —

Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 Bubela corralls a grounder and flings it to first for an out. —

Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026 Isabelle slides off Sarah’s lap, flings the towel, pulls on her swimming mask, grabs her mom’s hand and tugs her toward the pool. —

Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026 Supermassive black holes are notoriously messy eaters, but the behemoth at the heart of spiral galaxy NGC 3783 really takes the cake — and then flings it out into space at a fifth the speed of light. —

Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025 Over-the-top features—like the catapult that flings massive amounts of human excrement into the Burgher realm—only undermine his laudable intentions. —

Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025

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The surge in pink slips started in 2023, when companies that had gone on hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic began to cut back.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
This is also the kind of transit that inspires spontaneous wellness kicks, organization sprees or maybe even a standing desk purchase.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026