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Recent Examples of overthrown
C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
With the runner already at second base, Williams’ first pitch was an overthrown fastball that went to the backstop, allowing Jose Altuve to move to third base immediately.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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An overthrown ball to star receiver Tyreek Hill that landed in the arms of safety Cam Bynum prematurely ended Miami’s first drive of the season.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
With the runner already at second base, Williams’ first pitch was an overthrown fastball that went to the backstop, allowing Jose Altuve to move to third base immediately.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overthrown
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The researchers found the pathogens — Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis, bacteria that cause paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, respectively — by analyzing teeth from the fallen soldiers who were found in a mass grave uncovered in 2001 in Vilnius, Lithuania.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Carruth often begins with a small image, such as a fallen pearl or a misplaced wand, and lets the story unspool from emotion.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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The play at first was close, though, and replay review overturned the call.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile sprinkle a pizza peel or another overturned baking sheet with flour or cornmeal.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Pistons matchup represents the second straight game in a back-to-back slate of bouts for Cleveland, who vanquished the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, 118-113, despite a mammoth 40-point, 14-rebound, nine-assist night from two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Their work wasn’t done yet though; the pair may have vanquished the queens, but still had to finish off the title.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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As the collapsed core of a massive star, a neutron star is a small but incredibly dense object, packing up to three times the mass of our sun into a small volume.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, efforts had to be suspended for a period due to the sudden movement of a collapsed structure, according to the outlet.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But hormone therapy isn’t for everyone, and some people are nervous to try this type of treatment due to a flawed study—which has since been disproved—that linked hormone therapy with cancer (more on that in a sec).—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
27 Oct. 2025
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Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved?—
Abraham Rutchick,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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All expanded the Russian empire -- and subjugated the people and areas that now form Ukraine.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Scherzinger’s only familiarity with the material was Billy Wilder’s 1950 film, which starred Gloria Swanson as a faded beauty of the silent era hell-bent on a return to relevance.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Her long blond ends drew a stark contrast to her faded brown roots, which were parted down the middle and brushed up in the back.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Franklin Field supervisor Tony Overend said in 2005 that approximately 20,000 to 30,000 pieces of toast are thrown per game.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kaia Gerber looked straight out of the 1970s disco era at the 2017 Casamigos Halloween Party, the annual bash thrown by the model's father and Casamigos tequila co-founder, Rande Gerber.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overthrown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overthrown. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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