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as in to out
to drive or force out
the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref
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2
as in to dump
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?
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as in to cast
to throw or give off
the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke
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as in to refuse
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards
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Recent Examples of throw out
With one out, Tristan Gray fielded a grounder on the infield grass and threw out Tyler Freeman trying to score from third base.
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CBS News,
27 June 2026
Taylor also threw out plenty of (verbal) invites during her press tour for The Life of a Showgirl.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
27 June 2026
Greg Abel celebrates after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Iowa Cubs played the Buffalo Bisons on June 25, 2026.
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Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
And Royals catcher Salvador Perez threw out White Sox outfielder Braden Montgomery in the fifth.
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Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
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CBS News,
27 June 2026
Taylor also threw out plenty of (verbal) invites during her press tour for The Life of a Showgirl.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
27 June 2026
Greg Abel celebrates after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Iowa Cubs played the Buffalo Bisons on June 25, 2026.
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Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
And Royals catcher Salvador Perez threw out White Sox outfielder Braden Montgomery in the fifth.
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Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw out
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The Palencia news was encouraging when considering the MRI didn’t reveal a major elbow injury, and left-hander Matthew Boyd was scheduled to throw a rehab outing with High A South Bend on Saturday.
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Dallas’ roster included two of Chen’s former UConn teammates — Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd — and if Chen had any extra motivation, Williams was happy to out her.
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Plum Island beaches in Newburyport, Massachusetts are closed after 60,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally dumped into the Merrimack River on Thursday.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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Since launching his menswear brand in 2015, the Mexican American designer casts the same key models repeatedly, such as Shaid Anaya, who takes breaks from his regular job as a construction workers to walk his shows.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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Wurth saw two more physicians who refused to discuss hormones before a urologist started her on estrogen gel, oral progesterone and a vaginal estrogen cream.
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The man had a gun and refused to drop it when ordered to by police, the sheriff said.
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Ten plus years chasing this championship – never got the recognition.
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In one incident, a child set off bear spray in a crowd; in another, officers recovered a gun after chasing a youth, police said.
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Once everything is clean, discard the next few batches of ice before resuming use.
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Nationally, the survey found that 43% of respondents always or usually discard food near or past the date on the label, up from 37% in 2016.
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Linda Parisi, Blake Rakela’s defense attorney, has asked the court to set bail and allow her client to be released while the criminal case proceeds.
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As of Monday, the father was treated and released from a hospital, where his 11-year-old remained in stable condition.
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Those seeking to stop the roundup reject almost all of the federal agencies’ claims, from the size of the herd to the notion that the horses cause ecological damage.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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“Throw out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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