as in threw
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 lobbed
Beauty is pain — that’s a saying that has echoed across generations while being lobbed at women and femme-presenting people.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Instead of throwing it away or taking a sack, Stroud lobbed the ball into the hands of cornerback Marcus Jones.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026
James lobbed a pass to Smart, who hit a 3-pointer to pull the Lakers within 75-67 in the third quarter, but Sharpe answered with a dunk as Portland scored 25 of the next 38 points.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Purdy rolled right and lobbed a 4-yard touchdown pass that Jake Tonges miraculously snagged with 1 ½ minutes remaining.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
Electricity and water usage are typically the first criticisms lobbed at data centers, and both have dominated discussions in Georgia.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Kelly's Golden Globes rant follows a string of criticisms the conservative personality has lobbed in recent weeks.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Defensive ends Montez Sweat and Austin Booker applied some pressure, and Loved lobbed an incomplete pass.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Later Wednesday, demonstrators yelled and lobbed snowballs at federal officers and Minneapolis police in an outpouring of anger and grief.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Instead of throwing it away or taking a sack, Stroud lobbed the ball into the hands of cornerback Marcus Jones.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026
James lobbed a pass to Smart, who hit a 3-pointer to pull the Lakers within 75-67 in the third quarter, but Sharpe answered with a dunk as Portland scored 25 of the next 38 points.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Purdy rolled right and lobbed a 4-yard touchdown pass that Jake Tonges miraculously snagged with 1 ½ minutes remaining.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
Electricity and water usage are typically the first criticisms lobbed at data centers, and both have dominated discussions in Georgia.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Kelly's Golden Globes rant follows a string of criticisms the conservative personality has lobbed in recent weeks.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Defensive ends Montez Sweat and Austin Booker applied some pressure, and Loved lobbed an incomplete pass.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Later Wednesday, demonstrators yelled and lobbed snowballs at federal officers and Minneapolis police in an outpouring of anger and grief.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbed
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Residents of the home and neighbors threw buckets of water on the flames before fire crews arrived, which Mountain View says helped keep the fire from doing too much damage.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The pursuers yelled taunts, threw bottles, and expected the two women to settle their differences with a fistfight, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Protesters hurled snowballs and explicit words at the agents.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Even searches for ethnic slurs hurled at Danish people — language that has historically crept into the American lexicon to dehumanize wartime enemies — come up thin.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Jan. 2026
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The 75-year-old al-Maliki, from the Shiite Islamist Dawa Party, tossed his hat in the political ring and won the support of the Coordination Framework, a collection of Shia parties that is the largest parliamentary bloc.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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King then allegedly tossed the blanket onto the grass in the front yard.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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Around her, dozens of community members lingered along the street with coffee handed out by volunteers, hugging old friends, calling out familiar names and answering a steady chorus of car horns with cheers and applause as students made their way toward campus, backpacks slung over their shoulders.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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One man in dark clothes, with what appeared to be a replica automatic rifle slung over his shoulder, approached a vehicle with an open window and shouted obscenities at the uniformed ICE agent inside it.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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About nine months ago, Brooks' doctor diagnosed her with a movement disorder that's weakened her dexterity and, initially, flung her into a sense of denial and fear.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Jan. 2026
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The 32-year-old inexplicably flung a pass from behind the New York net into the middle of the ice, which McAvoy easily intercepted and quickly turned into Elias Lindholm’s second goal of the night.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Lobbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobbed. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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