as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver
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Recent Examples of loft
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
22 June 2026
Seeing more and more of these loft built-ins all over the Village.
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Nora Deligter,
Curbed,
19 June 2026
ABC News,
7 June 2026
In what could be viewed as a precursor project, SpaceX has already lofted 10,000 Starlink broadband-beaming satellites, with each spacecraft costing US$2 million to build and launch, says Robert Zubrin, one of the world’s top rocket designers.
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Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Noun
Simmons also founded Corridor Gallery in his Brooklyn loft apartment, to name just a few of his creative initiatives and long list of accomplishments.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
22 June 2026
Seeing more and more of these loft built-ins all over the Village.
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Nora Deligter,
Curbed,
19 June 2026
Verb
José Caballero doubled in the fifth and scored when Paul Goldschmidt lofted an opposite-field RBI single to right just in front of Wilyer Abreu, who nearly made a sliding, backhand grab.
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ABC News,
7 June 2026
In what could be viewed as a precursor project, SpaceX has already lofted 10,000 Starlink broadband-beaming satellites, with each spacecraft costing US$2 million to build and launch, says Robert Zubrin, one of the world’s top rocket designers.
—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loft
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The Death Of The Passive Knowledge Base For decades, companies treated knowledge management like a corporate attic.
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With every passing year, as historical mysteries are solved, and documents and artifacts emerge from attics and museum archives, those representations become more accurate.
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Marlins starter Ryan Gusto tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings before giving way to John King (6-1), who threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings against his former team.
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Kirby Yates threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 100th career save and second this season.
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However, first base umpire Todd Tichenor tossed the agitated second baseman after Chisholm spiked his helmet toward home plate.
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Marlins starter Ryan Gusto tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings before giving way to John King (6-1), who threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings against his former team.
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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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At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.
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Quinn Hanschen – Executive Assistant, Television, Lord Miller Hanschen got her start through the Disney College Program slinging Dole Whip at the Tiki Juice Bar for a summer.
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The tarpaulin draped over a ship propeller brings to mind dirty laundry slung over the blades of an idle fan.
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The suspect allegedly fired several shots at Majied.
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The Israeli military says 36 Israeli soldiers and four civilians were killed, as Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones into northern Israel and Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.
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The bio-andy was flung off its feet, the light armor turning rigid.
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The video showed the person flinging open the office door and opening fire from the hallway.
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“Loft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loft. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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