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as in lurched
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 jerked
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 threw
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 discarded
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 tossed
The controversial Corporate Transparency Act seems to be getting closer to being completely tossed on legal grounds, writes Forbes’ Kelly Phillips Erb.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Shortly after tipoff, Green played peacemaker after Edwards tossed down Jonathan Kuminga after a steal for a technical foul.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
King/Drew quarterback Keenan Jackson tossed 86- and 78-yard touchdown passes in the first and second quarters, respectively, on his way to a career-high passing performance.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The gnocchi was pillowy and tossed with fresh pesto, parmesan and a bit of cream.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Tender steak bites are seared to brown and tossed with garlic and warm butter for a quick and easy sauce.
—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
For more than a week, meteorologists with three weather service regions in Florida have been out in the field, surveying damage from the dozens of powerful tornadoes that stripped off roofs, flipped mobile homes and tossed boats and cars.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Here, to achieve the blood explosions seen throughout the film, production assistants tossed buckets of red liquid directly onto the performers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
Coppola snatches unassimilated ideas from current political paranoia and recent cultural catastrophes (manic news media promoting celebrity insanity), all tossed into the mix with demented incoherence.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Shortly after tipoff, Green played peacemaker after Edwards tossed down Jonathan Kuminga after a steal for a technical foul.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
King/Drew quarterback Keenan Jackson tossed 86- and 78-yard touchdown passes in the first and second quarters, respectively, on his way to a career-high passing performance.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
The gnocchi was pillowy and tossed with fresh pesto, parmesan and a bit of cream.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Tender steak bites are seared to brown and tossed with garlic and warm butter for a quick and easy sauce.
—Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
For more than a week, meteorologists with three weather service regions in Florida have been out in the field, surveying damage from the dozens of powerful tornadoes that stripped off roofs, flipped mobile homes and tossed boats and cars.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Here, to achieve the blood explosions seen throughout the film, production assistants tossed buckets of red liquid directly onto the performers.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
Coppola snatches unassimilated ideas from current political paranoia and recent cultural catastrophes (manic news media promoting celebrity insanity), all tossed into the mix with demented incoherence.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tossed
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Teenage boys picked up weapons apparently discarded by security forces and fired into the air.ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN and ABBY SEWELL, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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Previous finds in the region, which included pottery fragments, were insufficient to prove settlement as they could have been discarded during travel, according to a report in history website Archaeology News.Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
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After hearing testimony from experts, however, the judge wasn’t swayed.Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Raskin, who is close with Nadler, had initially been against the run, but was swayed by outreach from dozens of colleagues, Axios previously reported.Andrew Solender, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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Last year, at the end of a 12-hour shift, his legs were hurting when a child hurled himself onto his lap.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Each side hurled flagpoles and fists at one another in an incident which triggered days of violence across Canada and led to multiple arrests.Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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And now you got dumped by Molly, getting sued by DAZN and still can't call a shot without your dad GTFOH.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The gray backpack linked to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which authorities found dumped in Central Park, has reportedly yielded a jacket, and some Monopoly money, but no gun.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The quarterback shook off a left leg injury late in the second quarter to throw for 213 yards and one touchdown on 21-of-30 passing.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The air was filled with the shrieks of men in agony, the crackle of machine gun fire, and the thunderous explosions that shook the ground.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Social media was flooded with videos of people emerging dazed and dishevelled from Assad’s state prisons, in many ways the most potent symbol of his rule, which had been flung open by opposition forces.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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Democrats pressing to streamline the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage have made some last-minute changes that add cost to the plan and could complicate its chances of being rolled into a year-end health deal.Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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As the credits rolled, a spotlight illuminated Bing in a corner balcony of the theater with his trainer, drawing applause from the crowd.Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Even Major League Baseball had a McDonald’s subplot this year, when Grimace became the lucky charm who (briefly) gave the Mets hope for a world championship and New Yorkers hope for a Subway Series (but then the Mets lost to the Dodgers in the playoffs, of course).Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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To make matters worse, the team also lost another defensive star in DeMarvion Overshown.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Tossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tossed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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