Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threw back
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For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025 -
The greatest damage appeared concentrated in the North Bay, where gusty winds felled numerous trees.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 12,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Wiener declined to answer the question in either direction.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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Police say the suspect left the scene but returned and fired more shots into the home and a parked car before leaving again.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The game got out of hand after that, as the Texans’ offense tacked on a touchdown and the defense added another score when Rodgers threw an interception that was returned 50 yards for touchdown by safety Calen Bullock.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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After a police operation in Rio de Janeiro in October degenerated into a chaotic shootout, leading to more than 120 deaths, Brazilian civil society groups reacted in horror.—
Brian Winter,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Our national political and cultural discourse, especially online, has degenerated into a permanent fever dream.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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But the tie-up with Nieman Marcus only worsened Saks’ debt situation as luxury sales weakened.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Firefighters said the fire was then upgraded to a third alarm as fire conditions worsened and spread internally on the second and third floors.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The couple's appearance comes just days after Cher appeared on Shepard's Armchair Expert and dropped a few awkward moments with the hosts.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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On Philadelphia's final drive, Brown dropped a pass on third-and-five from quarterback Jalen Hurts that went right through his hands.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Greatest Story Never Told, which will draw from Lucille's autobiography, Love, Lucy, as well as Desi's A Book, both of which have had rights reverted back to the estates.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Initially ceded to California to be its official first state park, Yosemite reverted back to federal control in 1906.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
22 Nov. 2025
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