as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy
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Recent Examples of lob
Addressed issues where attempting a lobbed through pass would sometimes result in a through ground pass instead.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
From 2006 to 2009, Kartel and Mavado lobbed searing disses at one another over the hottest riddims; Kartel even once carried a coffin with Mavado’s name on it onstage.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
On a Miami-Dade judicial blog frequented by defense attorneys, judges and prosecutors, hundreds of criticisms were lobbed, mostly anonymously.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The deep anger lobbed at those who have chosen to adopt EVs has always baffled me, but this new study offers clues.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
From 2006 to 2009, Kartel and Mavado lobbed searing disses at one another over the hottest riddims; Kartel even once carried a coffin with Mavado’s name on it onstage.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
On a Miami-Dade judicial blog frequented by defense attorneys, judges and prosecutors, hundreds of criticisms were lobbed, mostly anonymously.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The deep anger lobbed at those who have chosen to adopt EVs has always baffled me, but this new study offers clues.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lob
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Even if Travis Kelce and Xavier Worthy have monster games, Mahomes will still be throwing to them.—
Kellis Robinett,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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Some comments from Monday’s press conference introducing Brian Schottenheimer as head coach may lead some to believe that the front office could throw some investments around, but that will remain to be seen.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2025
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In the match of legal dodgeball that the David Zaslav and Shari Redstone-run conglomerates have been hurling at each other the past few months, WBD are now moving to have Paramount’s partial motion to dismiss tossed out.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Young sets the pair strange tasks, like hurling uncooked dough at a wall (possibly a reference to letting the people eat cake) or kissing each other through that same lump of dough, or screaming in an audience member’s face.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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One of several civil lawsuits filed in New York claiming that two brothers considered titans in the luxury real estate industry raped a woman as a third brother watched, was tossed by a federal judge Wednesday.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Seeing a player with the chops of Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion with 11 Tour wins, ranked No. 4 in the world, tossed about like a rag doll on the North Course.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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People might start flinging zeros at him now in the anticipation of working with the next Christopher Nolan.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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And there are a lot of discounts here that were not found in the festive sale Meta flung out at the end of 2024 too.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Lob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lob. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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