Thesaurus results for LOFTED

lofted

verb

past tense of loft

as in threw

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 lofted The other flight was performed by a Falcon Heavy, which lofted the telecom satellite Viasat-3 F3 in April. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Three plays later, on a fourth and one, Bennett went through his progressions and lofted a pass over several defenders to a diving Scott for a 16-yard gain. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Nickerson lofted a 45-yard pass toward the end zone and two Evans players were there. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 With runners at the corners and one out, Ceddanne Rafaela lofted a sacrifice fly to center field. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 After a brief 7-on-7 period, Maye took a would-be sack, ripped a completion to Brown, had a pass batted at the line and lofted a touchdown to Rhamondre Stevenson. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 After Drake Baldwin hit a two-out single, Acuna lofted a high fly ball to left-center. — Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 Makenna Morris lofted free kick that found Arin Wright, whose pass set up Gacioch for a header against former Racing goalkeeper Katie Atkinson. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 One of the leading-edge telescopes set to be lofted by the European Space Agency, Plato, is designed to zoom in on small terrestrial planets that might resemble the Earth. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of threw

Verb

The person hurled the toy during the third quarter of the Dream’s 124-88 win, recalling a trend that began last season when objects were thrown onto the court at various games.

— Zach Powell, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Video shows the moments when the man, who appears to be a United States Postal Service employee, hurled an object at a rare albino peacock and then hit it with a stick last week.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurled

Verb

In his second start since returning from the 15-day Injured List, Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan tossed five shutout innings and gave up four hits.

— Harvey Valentine, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Most injuries occurred as residents were tossed from beds or stumbled in the dark; trains and airport links were briefly disrupted, a Tokyo water main burst, and hundreds lost power.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of tossed

Verb

Chunks of concrete were flung into a nesting and migration site important to some endangered species and a fire chewed through around 4 acres of Boca Chica State Park Land south of the Texas launchpad.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Planting himself to the left of the penalty spot, Ballard flung his right boot at the ball, the speed of his leg swing producing enough power to beat Birmingham goalkeeper James Beadle.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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