1
as in tossing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
threw a life preserver to the drowning man
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2
as in lowering
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally
the attacker threw his victim to the ground
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Recent Examples of throwing
Country music artist Morgan Wallen initially denied throwing a chair off the roof of Nashville bar Chief’s in 2024, according to police video footage obtained by The Associated Press.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
In April 2024, Wallen was arrested after throwing a chair off the sixth-story roof of Eric Church’s new bar and honky-tonk, Chief’s, in downtown Nashville.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
After Ronny Mauricio’s ninth-inning homer got the Mets back even, another fielding miscue by a pitcher, this a throwing error on Gregory Soto, set up Elías Díaz’s walk-off single.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The videographer then breaks the monkey’s legs before throwing it against a wall and the floor.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Dunne was 19 and throwing hands at random to back up his buddies in a bar fight.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Jonathan Kitchen | Digitalvision | Getty Images Companies are throwing lots of money into artificial intelligence tools and services, particularly agentic AI, in many cases without truly understanding what these offerings actually do.
—Bob Violino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Vincuillo grabbed his girlfriend, slammed her into a wall in the living room, and punched her before throwing her into a bathroom, police said.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The man’s adult daughters quickly begin throwing accusations at the wife.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
In April 2024, Wallen was arrested after throwing a chair off the sixth-story roof of Eric Church’s new bar and honky-tonk, Chief’s, in downtown Nashville.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
After Ronny Mauricio’s ninth-inning homer got the Mets back even, another fielding miscue by a pitcher, this a throwing error on Gregory Soto, set up Elías Díaz’s walk-off single.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The videographer then breaks the monkey’s legs before throwing it against a wall and the floor.
—Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
Dunne was 19 and throwing hands at random to back up his buddies in a bar fight.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Jonathan Kitchen | Digitalvision | Getty Images Companies are throwing lots of money into artificial intelligence tools and services, particularly agentic AI, in many cases without truly understanding what these offerings actually do.
—Bob Violino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Vincuillo grabbed his girlfriend, slammed her into a wall in the living room, and punched her before throwing her into a bathroom, police said.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
The man’s adult daughters quickly begin throwing accusations at the wife.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throwing
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The sauce can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to one week; rewarm before tossing or brushing on any protein.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Several men at the docks made a great show of tossing all the luggage from man to man to man, then piling it neatly on the shore.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Measure your blood pressure before taking medication for lowering blood pressure.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Health,
4 Oct. 2025
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Common generic drugs include cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor (atorvastatin) and antiseizure drug Neurontin (gabapentin).—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fans of the United States team took to hurling personal insults and obscenities toward the European golfers as the Americans fell behind in the scoring.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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During the speech, however, Kemp periodically deviated from building up Astra to hurling insults at several of his competitors in the launch industry.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Federal officials started only 14 lawsuits over the period, dropping below the lows during the Biden administration, the story stated.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Heat advisories may expand north by midweek, and overnight lows will remain unusually warm, barely dropping below the 70s.—
Brandi D. Addison,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Time will tell if Humberto will be swinging its partner round and round, flinging it harmlessly out to sea or closer to land.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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His second-best was flinging the ball up and hoping for a pass interference call, which the Buffs (and refs) obliged three times on the Cowboys’ first four third-down tries.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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Some put feathers in their hair and spun unbelievable tales while casually slinging a sport coat over their shoulder (Coach from Tocantins).—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
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Herbert was scrambling again, evading defensive end Zach Allen and slinging it right-handed from the 25-yard line while running to his left, just before linebacker Nik Bonitto drove him to the ground.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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During the 2024 rampage, two suspects wearing masks were captured on surveillance video shuffling up a driveway and firing weapons towards the home.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The challenge today is that chatbots, which tend to work as billions of neurons connected together in dense layers, start firing en masse when the LLM is working on a response.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Throwing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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