as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy
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Recent Examples of lob
Outside federal agents lobbed less-lethal weapons and tear gas at protesters who gathered at the Camarillo grow house Thursday while employees were being rounded up and arrested inside.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 July 2025
Backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs lobbed the ball in their direction almost immediately after taking the snap.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025
Then at one point, in the midst of an argument with Strong, Weatherley lobbed the accusations about Betty Strong’s death at him, Barrington said.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Southern California’s Marxists came out of the woodwork to defend Mamdani and lob personal attacks at me.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 July 2025
Backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs lobbed the ball in their direction almost immediately after taking the snap.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025
Then at one point, in the midst of an argument with Strong, Weatherley lobbed the accusations about Betty Strong’s death at him, Barrington said.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Southern California’s Marxists came out of the woodwork to defend Mamdani and lob personal attacks at me.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lob
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The girl was thrown from the SUV that rolled but was able, on her own power, to make her way back to the vehicle to check on the woman, the sheriff's office said.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The woman with Wednesday escapes, but Tyler picks Wednesday up and throws her through a window as cops arrive on the scene.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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After the interaction with Wednesday, which ended with her being hurled out the window, Tyler disappears into the nearby woods, his fate uncertain and his mental state rapidly deteriorating without a master to ground him.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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This memorandum to toss the charges is just the latest strategy Combs team has hurled at the federal court to spring him from the Metropolitan Correction Center in Brooklyn.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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From there, Young tossed an accurate ball to Sanders for a would-be first down and it was dropped by the second-year tight end, who has put together an otherwise excellent camp.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Aug. 2025
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Teams of two will compete by tossing bacon from skillet to skillet.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Responsible disposal of smoking materials: Prudently discard cigarette butts and avoid flinging cigarettes or matches from a moving vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Later, Cano was captured grabbing what appeared to be the DJ’s laptop, taunted the crowd with destroying it, and then flung the device onto the stage platform before stomping on it multiple times, showing off its cracked screen.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Lob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lob. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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