hurled

past tense of hurl
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as in vomited
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl

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Recent Examples of hurled The person hurled the toy during the third quarter of the Dream’s 124-88 win, recalling a trend that began last season when objects were thrown onto the court at various games. Zach Powell, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Video shows the moments when the man, who appears to be a United States Postal Service employee, hurled an object at a rare albino peacock and then hit it with a stick last week. Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 He’s confronted by his mysterious past and is hurled into a dangerous adventure across the galaxy that puts him on a crash course with destiny. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 With less than a minute left in the first half, Sam Howell hurled a 39-yard jump ball that fell a bit short of being a contested grab in the air, but Brown fell down with the ball in his grasp with a defensive back draped over him. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026 Kirk got the win with 5 1/3 innings to beat NorCal in the unofficial state title game in the region opener on Sunday, two days before Martinez hurled a complete-game one-hitter to beat Hawaii in the region semifinal. Dennis Pope, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 In the attack on Don Maca a few days later, one of the 20 crew members said the first blast hurled him into the air. Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 The raid drew criticism over separating families, and a group of Idahoans sued, saying officers hurled racial epithets and largely withheld water, food, bathrooms and medical care. Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026 Inside a packed event space at The Combine in Kansas City, amendment opponents immediately claimed victory and hurled chants after results came in Tuesday evening. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurled
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  • The next day, Djokovic vomited on the court during the fifth set and lost.
    Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • Between 2008 and 2014, advances in an early branch of artificial intelligence known as machine learning, which allows computers to learn and adapt, sped up the experimental process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As the plane sped down the runway, air traffic controllers and a witness on the ground noticed sparks coming from near its wheels.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • And Ian Happ raced around from first to score on the throwing error, giving the Cubs a 4-3 lead.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Tara Rudd drove toward Angel City’s back line and threaded a pass through to Rodman, who raced downfield and curled a shot just over goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • In his second start since returning from the 15-day Injured List, Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan tossed five shutout innings and gave up four hits.
    Harvey Valentine, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Most injuries occurred as residents were tossed from beds or stumbled in the dark; trains and airport links were briefly disrupted, a Tokyo water main burst, and hundreds lost power.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • As Hodges scurried about in a panic, Devenanzio kept his game face on and won by a mile.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vaquer took out Rodriguez and Perez in the process before the trio scurried away.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • One half of the binary was captured by the black hole and the other was flung away.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For one thing, the odds just aren’t in favor of the theory; the War Wolf flung a single, albeit enormous, shot on the very last day of the siege.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • As an alternative to Starlink, the Ukrainians have rushed to develop reliable drones equipped with AI, which offer a way to get around Russia’s counter-drone defenses.
    Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The toddler had been rushed to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland early Wednesday following a blaze at a residence in the 200 block of 15th Street that began burning about a half hour after an earlier fire at a residence two doors away.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Hurled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurled. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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