1
as in vomits
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 scurries
to proceed or move quickly
a fighter jet hurled through the sky
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as in throws
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 hurls
Whether your 9-to-5 job involves a rare combination of manual record keeping and precarious wilderness travel, or your idea of outdoor recreation includes journaling your day while remaining at the ready for whatever nature hurls at you, the all-new Pen-metheus equips you for it all.
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New Atlas,
22 June 2026
Even when the wacky Halifax weather hurls the wildest of curveballs at the SailGP fleet, somehow Tom Slingsby and the irrepressible Australians ride their magic carpet of consummate skill and a decent dose of luck to lead the standings after the first day of the Canada Sail Grand Prix.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
The team’s most prominent celebrity fan, filmmaker Spike Lee, hurls trash talk from his courtside seat.
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Albert Samaha,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
Theron, meanwhile, hurls herself into the sinewy action sequences that have increasingly been her home turf over the past two decades, flinging herself down hills and into rivers and navigating some precarious rock-climbing terrain.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Hathaway hurls herself into that punishing sequence with violent physical force and emotional rawness.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
What hurls him in that direction is that his mother Gertrude (Sheeba Chadha) is going to marry her brother-in-law Claudis (Art Malik).
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
The impact hurls both men to the pavement, and the shoeless rear passenger can be seen hobbling on one foot afterward.
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Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.
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Denise Petski,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
New Atlas,
22 June 2026
Even when the wacky Halifax weather hurls the wildest of curveballs at the SailGP fleet, somehow Tom Slingsby and the irrepressible Australians ride their magic carpet of consummate skill and a decent dose of luck to lead the standings after the first day of the Canada Sail Grand Prix.
—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
The team’s most prominent celebrity fan, filmmaker Spike Lee, hurls trash talk from his courtside seat.
—
Albert Samaha,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
Theron, meanwhile, hurls herself into the sinewy action sequences that have increasingly been her home turf over the past two decades, flinging herself down hills and into rivers and navigating some precarious rock-climbing terrain.
—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Hathaway hurls herself into that punishing sequence with violent physical force and emotional rawness.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
What hurls him in that direction is that his mother Gertrude (Sheeba Chadha) is going to marry her brother-in-law Claudis (Art Malik).
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
The impact hurls both men to the pavement, and the shoeless rear passenger can be seen hobbling on one foot afterward.
—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.
—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurls
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Shows were led by a sentient wad of meat, a talk-show host who vomits in front of guests, and a reality-TV star who never shows his face.
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Absinthe-eyed, she projectile-vomits blunt observations and also oysters onto the heavies, overimbibing her way into her own grave once she’s inevitably discarded with a shot and shove down a stairwell (a barely-there John Magaro plays one of the gangsters).
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That goes for much here, from the light that scurries away from Benjamín Echazarreta’s muted camera, to the moments of sweetness that punctuate Mariá Portugal’s largely ominous score.
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The way Radcliffe scurries out of his chair and into the green room to meet Liu illustrates her visceral impact.
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Loro Piana throws a good party.
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There was an emphasis on Willis making pocket throws during the offseason program, too.
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Faced with ambiguity, the mind rushes in to solve it — to know.
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Traffic rushes by on the surrounding streets, but within the 16-acre neighborhood of Culdesac, cars are conspicuously absent.
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The unanimous appeals court decision tosses a February district court ruling that ordered the National Parks Service (NPS) to restore the panels that were removed from the site.
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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If someone hurries you, slow the exchange and name what feels good in your body, like sitting down before deciding on plans.
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Nix almost always hurries his throws when a blitz comes Harvey’s way, regardless of whether the rookie RB picks it up capably or not.
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Its highly specialized strategy likely evolved to take advantage of the ant’s natural aggression and then overcome its defenses; the slingshot mechanism flings the ant from the foraging trail, reducing the risk that the spider will be swarmed by other workers, the researchers hypothesized.
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That pressure flings some of the hot gas outward in the form of a wind.
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After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.
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“Hurls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurls. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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