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as in vomiting
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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as in flying
to proceed or move quickly
a fighter jet hurled through the sky
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as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
hurled snowballs at each other
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Recent Examples of hurling
Rugby, soccer, hurling and Gaelic football are the local sports.
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Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Rugby, soccer, hurling and Gaelic football are the local sports.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
The movie title refers to an injury the pitcher suffers after the batter sends the ball hurling into his skull.
—Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
The thing is an almost-four-hour-long continuous explosion — actors dancing, grappling, and hurling furniture; the director present onstage ripping pieces out of the set; paint and blood and flowers and feathers everywhere.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
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Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Rugby, soccer, hurling and Gaelic football are the local sports.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
The movie title refers to an injury the pitcher suffers after the batter sends the ball hurling into his skull.
—Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
The thing is an almost-four-hour-long continuous explosion — actors dancing, grappling, and hurling furniture; the director present onstage ripping pieces out of the set; paint and blood and flowers and feathers everywhere.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurling
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The father, Jagdish, told me that one of his children was vomiting and the other had bloody stools; both were depressed.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Jolene struggled after the surgery and was vomiting and passing out frequently.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Everyone aboard the American Airlines jet, flying from Wichita, Kansas, and the helicopter died when the two aircraft collided.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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During their 2018 trip to Australia, Meghan and Harry arrived to the continent hand-in-hand, touching down after flying in a Qantas private suite to Sydney.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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The inning included a play at second base where Luis Arraez was kicked in the throwing hand by Dylan Beavers but remained in the game.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Pirates also took advantage of Caleb Thielbar’s throwing error to score an unearned run off the lefty reliever in the 11th inning.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Bob Hall, a childhood polio survivor who became known as the father of wheelchair racing after twice winning the Boston Marathon and then going on to build racing chairs for the generations of competitors that followed, has died.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin are racing to have their company’s lander ready first.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Pidgeon’s lip biting and hair tossing was also an intentional choice.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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Brody Getchell finished 2-for-3 offensively, driving in a trio of runs while tossing a clean inning in relief as Whitman-Hanson (2-0) defeated Patriot League rival Plymouth South, 7-1.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Nearby, her downstairs neighbor, Marina Quiroz, was showing a video of rats scurrying through her kitchen to a representative of the city’s tenant protection office.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Going outside now means scurrying along giant arcades, shaded from the Sun by massive canopies that filter 99% of its UV light.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Thompson was physically and vocally imposing as the curse-flinging Bonze.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Wolverines danced their way off the floor, Mara flinging a towel around his head.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Editing tools like Descript are also rushing into the growing market for digital clones.—
Taylor Lorenz,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
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The announcement sent vendors rushing to pack up years' worth of work.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Hurling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurling. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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