as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
catapulted a pumpkin into the next yard
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Recent Examples of catapult
Bregman debuted nine days after the radio hit that reverberated around Houston, launching a nine-year career that catapulted him into a city’s sporting lore.
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Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article As Bally’s Chicago navigates a demolition delay, a lawsuit over its initial public offering and stagnant revenues, the new Wind Creek Chicago Southland is becoming a big player, catapulting to second place among the state’s 16 casinos in revenue and admissions for January.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The original film starred a young Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan and Martha Plimpton, catapulting their careers into the mainstream.
—Mckinley Franklin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
It’s just been so wonderful to catapult yourself back to different times.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
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Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article As Bally’s Chicago navigates a demolition delay, a lawsuit over its initial public offering and stagnant revenues, the new Wind Creek Chicago Southland is becoming a big player, catapulting to second place among the state’s 16 casinos in revenue and admissions for January.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The original film starred a young Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Ke Huy Quan and Martha Plimpton, catapulting their careers into the mainstream.
—Mckinley Franklin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
It’s just been so wonderful to catapult yourself back to different times.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catapult
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Everyone is coming to that conclusion from different vantage points, and the solution is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater but to combine the best of traditional marketing, campaigns and communications strategies with where the culture is going.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Last season, Means made four starts once again, and threw 20.2 innings.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Apparently, my father approached the people hurling the insults and asked them to stop.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
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And even as South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace spent the beginning of 2025 hurling anti-trans slurs at Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first out trans woman to serve in Congress, Democrats have largely remained silent.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
4 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, another reader emphasized that the pot wasn’t hers to toss.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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In two spring training starts, the righty has tossed three innings without allowing a run.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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This season, six teams are flinging the ball around that often.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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When the planets formed, smaller objects, named planetesimals, were flung away from the sun due to gravitational interactions and ended up settling on the very edge of the solar system.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Catapult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catapult. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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