lobs

verb

present tense third-person singular of lob
as in throws
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 lobs Gimkit lobs occasional multiple-choice questions in the middle of live, multiplayer games that closely resemble popular commercial titles such as Among Us and Only Up. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026 When Beulah’s ne’er-do-well son Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) drunkenly lobs slurs at Azul in a gas station parking lot, Azul reminds him his family’s been in Texas longer than the Jacksons — right before Rip punches Rob-Will out, of course. — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 May 2026 In one video, a mostly unseen man runs up from behind the person filming and lobs a smoking object into a crowd about a block away. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026 In unedited body camera footage, an agent lobs what appears to be a flashbang into the air, which explodes in the same spot seen in the DHS video. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026 North Crowley’s Jayden Shaw lobs it over the defense to TE Jeramie Cooper for a 26 yard touchdown. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025 In the 13th minute of that round-of-16 second leg, Andres Iniesta lobs a pass for Alba to chase on the left, with Messi operating between the centre-backs. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson lobs a cinematic grenade in an unrelenting action-thriller. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobs
  1. throws
  2. tosses
  3. hurls
  4. flings
Verb
  • Ify throws a Pic Pong game before Catherine can, to force her back to Room 2.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Detroit Tigers third baseman Kevin McGonigle throws to first base on a Chicago White Sox's Chase Meidroth bunt during the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Detroit.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of throws
Verb
  • The grandfather is seen running around a few trees, but the bison soon catches up and tosses the helpless visitor eight feet in the air.
    — Suzanne Yeo, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • As part of the number, Grande tosses a sparkling pink ship’s wheel high into the air before catching it.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of tosses
Verb
  • 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.
    — New Atlas, 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
Definition of hurls
Verb
  • 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.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • That pressure flings some of the hot gas outward in the form of a wind.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
Definition of flings

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