throw out

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Recent Examples of throw out Keeping a pet loose in the car can pose risks, such as small dogs crawling into the footwell and interfering with the brake or pedal, larger pets blocking your view, or, in the case of an accident, unrestrained pets could be crushed by airbags or thrown out. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Either way, the option's there if Aridge wants to throw out the controls altogether and make this an autonomous air minibus. Loz Blain october 16, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025 Rallo lays out the unspoken rules (throw out your jeans from college, and don’t feel bad about Irish exiting) that make the decade easier, as well as pointers for cultivating a creative life. Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025 On Oct, 9, TMZ reported that a judge ruled to throw out Hunter's lawsuit. Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for throw out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw out
Verb
  • Kate — who is known for recycling outfits, often years apart — debuted the piece during a January 2020 visit to Bradford Town Hall before reusing the coat at the royal family's Christmas church outing in 2022.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Yesavage would’ve likely contributed to a Game 5 outing back in Toronto, but the Jays ensured that wasn’t required with a 5-2 win over the Yankees.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With exactly 11 minutes remaining, Walker dumped a screen pass off to O’Brien.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In some cases, a major winter storm will dump heavy snow in northern areas, while the South contends with a springlike severe storm threat from the same system.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The veteran host has been candid about his firing, citing his opposition to casting political figures like Sean Spicer.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • From there, Leto threw Castro’s name into the mix for Seth and advocated for him until director Joachim Rønning and the rest of the Tron threequel’s brain trust officially cast him.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • During one heated exchange, immigration agents who did not want to be captured on body camera footage refused to invite FBI agents along for an arrest operation, one of the sources said.
    Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • According to Film Workers for Palestine, the pledge was inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid, a group founded by high-profile directors such as Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese, which demanded that the film industry refuse to distribute work in South Africa.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cavazos says this work — chasing leads or even, at times, following ICE agents — to alert the community can be hard, especially now that the Department of Homeland Security regularly accuses groups like Cavazos' of interfering with their jobs and endangering the lives of immigration officers.
    Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In private debt, incentive misalignment can arise if managers prioritize asset growth at all costs, which sometimes leads to chasing thinner spreads or riskier deals.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the trailer, it is shown that if you are caught indulging in a brief moment of pleasure, you are packed away into a human-sized cardboard box and quickly discarded into a heap of other passionate offenders.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The foods were voluntarily discarded.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to reports, the 49ers are releasing Marquez Valdes-Scantling with an injury settlement.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, large crowds of demonstrators gathered on Saturday, urging the government to pressure Hamas to release the bodies.
    Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Teachers, students, and parents alike rejected the $850 million effort.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025

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