as in refused
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 thrown over
The movie co-stars Albert Finney as an acclaimed and hot-tempered writer named George and Keaton as Faith, the wife and mother of his children, who gave up her own dreams to support him, only to get thrown over for a younger woman (Karen Allen).
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
At one point, Pormanove appears to be woken up when a bucket of water is thrown over him.
—Philippe Cordier, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
At one point, Pormanove appears to be woken up when a bucket of water is thrown over him.
—Philippe Cordier, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrown over
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Through more than a decade of running a business and raising a son, Whebbe and Paoli refused to give up on getting the Book Lady’s books into the hands of people who will love them.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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While thousands focused on the federal government at the rally, at least one woman seemed more concentrated on calling out how Attorney General Andrea Campbell has refused to enforce the legislative audit that state voters approved last November.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Comey received a slight boost in his case to plead his innocence earlier this week when a judge rejected federal prosecutors’ effort to impose broad restrictions on the evidence Comey can access ahead of trial.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Oct. 2025
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The news caused Salesforce shares to surge as management rejected Wall Street’s narrative of sluggish revenue growth that’s been weighing on investor sentiment in 2025.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Many of the farms, which are traditionally passed down to men within a family, have been abandoned.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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The state of Ohio has already passed a law requiring schools to notify parents of certain things, including if their student requests to be identified as a different gender.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kuminga then got into the face of the official on the baseline, and was quickly thrown out of the game.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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While in Dallas another passer-by saw a dog being thrown out of a car in May.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Joshua Karty also missed a 26-yard field goal, and Rams coach Sean McVay passed up kicking another short one to instead go for it on 4th-and-3 in the fourth quarter.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The year before, she had been passed up for the lead role in the movie adaptation of My Fair Lady, which went to Audrey Hepburn, pictured.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Thrown over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrown%20over. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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