1
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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2
as in travelling
to proceed or move quickly
a fighter jet hurled through the sky
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3
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
Little League Baseball should consider moving pitching mounds back to better protect players as pint-sized phenoms are hurling fastballs that clock more than 80 mph, advocates told Newsweek.
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Williams was the king of the one-liners, hurling insults that made headlines and made Cunningham fume.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Last weekend, Cano was filmed hurling the N-word at a production team member, before a physical altercation with the individual onstage, over seeming sound issues.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Williams was the king of the one-liners, hurling insults that made headlines and made Cunningham fume.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Last weekend, Cano was filmed hurling the N-word at a production team member, before a physical altercation with the individual onstage, over seeming sound issues.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurling
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Rates of nausea and vomiting among those patients were 13% and 11% above placebo, respectively.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Bertha Coombs,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Scout stayed at the vet for observation, coughing and vomiting throughout the period, and had her vitals rechecked several hours later.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Country music artist Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a chair off the roof of Nashville bar Chief’s in 2024, according to police video footage obtained by The Associated Press.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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In April 2024, Wallen was arrested after throwing a chair off the sixth-story roof of Eric Church’s new bar and honky-tonk, Chief’s, in downtown Nashville.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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In offseason videos, though, he’s been flying through the air and flushing down ferocious dunks, so the athleticism looks to be back.—
Stan Son,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In one common attack, known as GPS spoofing, hackers transmit false location data that tricks a drone into flying off course.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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The sauce can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to one week; rewarm before tossing or brushing on any protein.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Several men at the docks made a great show of tossing all the luggage from man to man to man, then piling it neatly on the shore.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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That day, Kelce paced around the house, saying his heart was racing as blackout drapes were installed on every window.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Once a rarity, a Porsche fetching more than seven figures at auction is becoming an increasingly common occurrence, especially for bygone-era cars with plenty of racing provenance attached.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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Time will tell if Humberto will be swinging its partner round and round, flinging it harmlessly out to sea or closer to land.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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His second-best was flinging the ball up and hoping for a pass interference call, which the Buffs (and refs) obliged three times on the Cowboys’ first four third-down tries.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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Normally, the hours and days before the prospect of a shutdown on Capitol Hill are filled with scenes of lawmakers and aides scurrying about to negotiate possible settlements.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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After scurrying through passengers, the scared kitten ended up in the arms of New York native Betsaida Mercado, who picked up the feline and took her home.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The two have combined for 594 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns through the Hurricanes’ first four games.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Hubbard broke out in a major way last season, rushing for 1,195 yards in 2024 with 11 total touchdowns on the year.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hurling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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