Thesaurus results for LOFTING

lofting

verb

present participle of loft

as in throwing

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 lofting Portland scored first, with Müller taking Olivia Moultrie’s pass in stride in the 10th minute and lofting it over Wave goalkeeper Leah Freeman for her first-ever NWSL goal. —

Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 Jackson Blankenship got the assist on the goal by lofting a long cross from the far right side to Blische who was in front of the goal on the left side. —

Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026 After a scoreless first half, Doria found the net by lofting a right-footed shot from top, corner of the penalty box over the Bishop O’Dowd goalkeeper in the 45th minute. —

Dan Albano, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 Those summer days of Williams moving around and lofting passes toward the target prepared him for that moment. —

Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026 Six of those missions have been completed to date, lofting 153 Project Leo satellites to the final frontier. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025 After not blitzing for three-plus quarters, Kuhr packed all of the Patriots' blitzes into the Bengals' final series, which ended with Flacco lofting an incompletion in the face of extra rushers. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025 Now, based on the new research, scientists suspect dust devils may play a larger role in lofting dust into the Martian air than previously thought. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 This last item involves lofting a specialized spacecraft into orbit, armed with grippers or other satellite-wrangling tech that can target and grab orbiting stuff. —

IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025

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Snell worked around Kim’s throwing error in the third to pitch a scoreless third and his day was done after 77 pitches.

— Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
As both fighters were bloodied, Strickland said that Chimaev pointed to the mat near the end of the fifth round, which is a sign to fighters to start throwing haymakers.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026