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as in swaying
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas
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as in fidgeting
to make jerky or restless movements
tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat
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as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
toss that football over here
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as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use
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Recent Examples of tossing
Martín Pérez was on the mound for the home team, a soft-tossing veteran lefty who was pumping in 89-mph sinkers.
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Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
20 June 2026
During the opening match of the World Cup last week, some Mexico fans were seen tossing sombreros in delight as their team defeated the Republic of South Africa 2-0, but the hats might come in handy for the rest of the tournament.
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Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
This has reignited a debate on Capitol Hill where lawmakers are tossing around different ideas such as increasing the retirement age and creating personal accounts to invest in the stock market.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Right before Tom gets back in the car after tossing that brooch like the heart of the ocean necklace from Titanic, the church bells ring.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
Robert Kuzovkov, known as Semyon Skrepetsky, gained attention for unflattering portraits of Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials and a recent video tossing a Russian flag into a Berlin trash can.
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Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
The videos show two men hoisting her above their heads and tossing her over the side of a bridge while a third man looks on.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
The mattresses in this list have strong motion retention to help keep you from waking up from anyone tossing or turning or getting out of bed in the middle of the night.
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Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
15 June 2026
The Cubs’ Javier Assad, by contrast, shut down the Giants’ offense for a second straight outing, tossing six scoreless innings with five strikeouts to one walk.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
20 June 2026
During the opening match of the World Cup last week, some Mexico fans were seen tossing sombreros in delight as their team defeated the Republic of South Africa 2-0, but the hats might come in handy for the rest of the tournament.
—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
This has reignited a debate on Capitol Hill where lawmakers are tossing around different ideas such as increasing the retirement age and creating personal accounts to invest in the stock market.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Right before Tom gets back in the car after tossing that brooch like the heart of the ocean necklace from Titanic, the church bells ring.
—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
Robert Kuzovkov, known as Semyon Skrepetsky, gained attention for unflattering portraits of Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials and a recent video tossing a Russian flag into a Berlin trash can.
—
Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
The videos show two men hoisting her above their heads and tossing her over the side of a bridge while a third man looks on.
—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
The mattresses in this list have strong motion retention to help keep you from waking up from anyone tossing or turning or getting out of bed in the middle of the night.
—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
15 June 2026
The Cubs’ Javier Assad, by contrast, shut down the Giants’ offense for a second straight outing, tossing six scoreless innings with five strikeouts to one walk.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tossing
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In her two-story home, lamps and other objects began swaying violently.
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Venezuela residents reeling from quakes During the quakes, people ran from swaying buildings.
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In addition to having lofty themes, this is also a fairly rousing adventure with enough visual panache to keep any kid from fidgeting in his seat.
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Pekara said hospital surveillance footage captured him fidgeting under the blanket.
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The bear was completely oblivious to this crowd of people screaming and throwing things at it.
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There is a real distinction between a city unified by five fine starting players in a game that originally involved throwing a ball into a peach basket and that, however improbably, became the city game, and the bloody display in the nation’s capital.
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The best way to combat mosquitoes is by interrupting their life cycle, consistently dumping out containers, refreshing water in birdbaths, and adding Mosquito Dunks to wet areas that can't be easily drained.
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The first signs were his dramatic overreaction to the girls dumping Gabe.
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The old guard of the Democratic Party suffered another body blow when three socialist congressional candidates in New York with anti-Israel platforms swept to victory, lurching the party even further to the left.
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When Colombia heads to the polls June 21, the region will be watching to see if the nation joins the right-wing surge across Latin America, with Chile, Honduras, and Costa Rica lurching to the political right over the past year.
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Although not all the novel’s major characters make it to the end of this uplifting yet tear-jerking work of historical fiction, Six-Thirty safely perseveres.
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Avoid jerking the floss or aggressive movements; instead, use smooth, gentle motions.
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At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.
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Jets and winds from black holes are textbook physics, and scientists have observed many supermassive black holes hurling them into space.
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But the lawyer for suspect Iqbal Bacchus, 46, suggested Bacchus was selling wiring that the hospital was discarding.
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
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“Tossing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tossing. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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