throwing out

present participle of throw out
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Verb
  • The issue of whether and how to change the Supreme Court is deeply polarizing along partisan lines, with many Democrats demanding change in recent years and most Republicans dismissing those demands as efforts to stop the court's shift to the right.
    Tobi Raji The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
  • In late November, the team fired general manager Joe Douglas, just six weeks after dismissing head coach Robert Saleh.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Amador Valley opened up the scoring on its first drive as quarterback Tristan Tia madly scrambled for nearly 10 seconds before dumping the ball off to junior running back Vince Maiorana, who took it 43 yards to the house for a touchdown.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Jared Goff beat Green Bay’s blitz up the middle by dumping the ball to running back Jahmyr Gibbs for a 2-yard touchdown.
    NBC News, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Another image, taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite, shows the heat signature radiating from the Reykjanes Peninsula around five hours after the eruption began—shining brighter even than the nearby capital city of Reykjavík.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • My generation was inspired by the revolutionary fervor radiating out of Iran that called for our people to take up arms against Israel and the West.
    Sheikh Abbas Al-Jawhari, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Ridley Scott may have inadvertently revealed some major casting news during a Q&A with Christopher Nolan last night in Los Angeles.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The way Trust Exercise flips these events in the novel’s second half, casting them in an entirely different light, is an emotionally unsettling experience that opens up provocative questions about ethics, intimacy, and authorship.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • As many businesses face the harsh reality of discarding valuable data due to high costs, Axiom provides a solution that allows for comprehensive data retention—enabling companies to prepare for future advancements in AI and analytics.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Strain the chile-shallot mixture, discarding any liquid.
    Lynn Derrick and Janelle Weaver, Saveur, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Baker has been touring and releasing music solo since Boygenius went on a hiatus after announcing their final show in February.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Plus, the lightweight formula sinks in quickly without emitting any offputting smells or leaving behind a tacky texture.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Uranium is a radioactive element, meaning its atoms are unstable and decay over time, emitting ionizing radiation.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Supermarkets have been losing ground in recent decades to competition, and Kroger and Albertsons wanted to merge to better fight off Walmart and Amazon.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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