as in to refuse
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles
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Recent Examples of throw over
With Saturday representing his second major workout on the path back to the practice field after missing the first three weeks of training camp with back soreness, Stafford threw over 60 passes at the Rams’ practice facility in Woodland Hills.
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2025
That particular march, however, stalled out in 49ers territory when Nix and Michael Bandy couldn’t connect on a third-and-medium throw over the middle.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
The second, hit by Gurriel, was fielded cleanly by Bogaerts, who then sailed a throw over Arraez at first base that bounced into the Padres’ dugout.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Tagovailoa overthrew Waddle but then hit Waddle for 30 yards on a pinpoint throw over the middle...
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2025
That particular march, however, stalled out in 49ers territory when Nix and Michael Bandy couldn’t connect on a third-and-medium throw over the middle.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
The second, hit by Gurriel, was fielded cleanly by Bogaerts, who then sailed a throw over Arraez at first base that bounced into the Padres’ dugout.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Tagovailoa overthrew Waddle but then hit Waddle for 30 yards on a pinpoint throw over the middle...
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw over
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In the affidavit, a detective noted that Decker — who was divorced from his daughters’ mother — refused to sign a parenting plan that required him to seek mental health treatment and domestic violence anger management.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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These include satellites apparently so secret that the US government refused to identify the agency that owns them.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors also sought another charge of making false statements, court documents released Thursday show, but the grand jury rejected it.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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ByteDance and TikTok had challenged the law on First Amendment grounds but the Supreme Court rejected its appeal.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rizzo declined to comment on any potential campaign, pointing to ongoing efforts to strike down the map.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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Energy demands around the world are rising, and with the increasing impacts of climate change and the declining efficiency of existing infrastructure, the situation is likely to worsen.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Some deals are just too good to pass up, and today's Best Buy picks prove it.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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That’s still true now, even as that back has a degenerative disorder that led to weeks missed in training camp and has this 37-year-old dirting the ball in the face of rushers and passing up lanes to rush for touchdowns.—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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But a federal judge threw out the lawsuit in March 2024, excoriating the platform’s case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform’s security and legal rights.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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The agreement came months after the case went to trial, yielding an $85 million jury award that was later thrown out by a judge.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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