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
Crochet pounded Judge with 17 four-seamers in 21 pitches thrown over four at-bats, resulting in three strikeouts and a homer.
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Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The first inning saw Trent Grisham single and score on a two-out knock from Domínguez as Andy Pages airmailed a throw over home plate.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Evans knows his way around an action sequence, and the best ones in Havoc take place in a night club (naturally) and a cabin on a lake outside of town, where these different clans come into collision in a rain of bullets and bodies being thrown over balconies.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
In the show’s final episode, Margo’s brother Kyle is also presumably killed when he is hit by Sophie’s car and thrown over the edge of a cliff.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 15 June 2025
The first inning saw Trent Grisham single and score on a two-out knock from Domínguez as Andy Pages airmailed a throw over home plate.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Evans knows his way around an action sequence, and the best ones in Havoc take place in a night club (naturally) and a cabin on a lake outside of town, where these different clans come into collision in a rain of bullets and bodies being thrown over balconies.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
In the show’s final episode, Margo’s brother Kyle is also presumably killed when he is hit by Sophie’s car and thrown over the edge of a cliff.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for throw over
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While many rideshare companies refuse to pay affiliate commissions, Obi has built a parallel revenue stream via a data business selling anonymized, aggregated insights.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Agencies refused to release Neal’s autopsy and the Florida Highway Patrol’s report of the crash, and the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office had declined to comment on whether further charges are pending.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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After twice rejecting Trump, Nevadans ousted a Democratic governor in 2022 and helped Trump back to the White House in 2024.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Evers himself rejected Underly’s request to repeal a state law requiring teachers to pass the Foundations of Reading Test to obtain certain teaching licenses.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Attorney General’s Office declined to comment on the complaint, which was filed in March 2025.—
Mary Jo Pitzl,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The Current declined to comment and referred all requests to the NWSL.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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Dru Phillips tipped Wilson’s deep pass up in the air.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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While sleeping in her childhood twin bed was not entirely inviting, the prospect of free weekend getaways was too good to pass up.—
David Litt,
Time,
28 July 2025
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Still, Wells thought there were two outs and that the inning was over when Grisham was thrown out.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Police chief confident no criminal cases were compromised At least two people, citing the issues within the Tempe forensics unit, asked a judge to throw out evidence in their criminal cases.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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