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as in to scurry
to proceed or move quickly
the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter
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as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field
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Recent Examples of hurtle
The dry, strong Santa Ana winds are being driven by a system of high pressure building in the Great Basin, which is sending air hurtling through canyons and mountain passes to the coast, where there is low pressure.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The fresh data offered a key clue about the health of the economy as the nation hurtles toward end-of-the-year holidays and the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Virtually every company hurtled to find ways of adopting ChatGPT (or a similar technology, made by other companies) into their business.
—Gary Marcus, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
The impact sent the car hurtling into its owner, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
The fresh data offered a key clue about the health of the economy as the nation hurtles toward end-of-the-year holidays and the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Virtually every company hurtled to find ways of adopting ChatGPT (or a similar technology, made by other companies) into their business.
—Gary Marcus, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
The impact sent the car hurtling into its owner, cops said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Occasionally one scurried in circles around a disabled vehicle, a utility pole or the trunk of a tree.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Collectors have been scurrying to find what are now known as tax scam records ever since.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
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In 2015, Rhymes was arrested in 2015 on an assault charge after throwing a protein drink at a gym employee.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ben was also reported to have a habit of throwing himself back and hitting his head.Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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After scenes of the infected slamming against a barrier and people rushing to grab rifles flash across the scene, the teaser ends with Ellie also walking down a similar hallway with her gun pointed ahead.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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Foreign companies that once rushed to tap the potential of China’s vast market are now approaching it with caution, and some are even seeking the exits.Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Its job is to create a barrier against the wind, reduce heat loss, and protect you from rain, snow, or whatever else the environment hurls at you.Angela Haupt, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
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As an Irish reporter who happened to be on her flight hurled questions at her, the mayor of the nation’s second-largest metropolis stood silent and seemingly paralyzed.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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United Airlines announced an accelerated plan to speed up its in-flight WiFi via service from Starlink.Ina Fried, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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The constant evolution in attack techniques and the exponential growth in threat actors is both exhilarating and challenging, pushing us as an industry to innovate at breakneck speeds to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.James Winebrenner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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In any of these cases, toss the seeds out and get new ones.Annie Peterson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
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Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric not just at Canada but also at other U.S. allies, with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended to the Danish territory of Greenland, and southward to include the Panama Canal.Jim Morris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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Pope took a series of pictures with her phone, her hands shaking, and hurried back around the house and into her apartment.Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
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Wildfires raged across Southern California on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and prompting thousands of evacuations as blazes closed in on Los Angeles neighborhoods like the Pacific Palisades and residents hurried to escape.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hutter nearly escapes an attack from Orlok, which involves flinging himself from the mansion's second-story window into the rocky waters of the Black Sea.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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Eilish, after quickly resuming the song, reaches over to pick up the item and flings it away.Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Hurtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurtle. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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