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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
Channeling his inner Jameson, a spirited Simmons then motioned for Spider-Man to get tossed from the game.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Schlittler tossed a quality start in six innings.
—Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Maye tossed an interception to a rookie cornerback.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
The case was tossed by the Supreme Court.
—Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Garcia has tossed five shutouts and has 110 strikeouts this season.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Ronel Blanco tossed the previous no-hitter for the Astros in a 10-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1, 2024, which also marked Espada’s first win as manager.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
Eddie Howe’s players took the lead and then tossed it away.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 May 2026
There have been other owners across the pro sports landscape who have gone in and tossed over the tables.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Schlittler tossed a quality start in six innings.
—Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Maye tossed an interception to a rookie cornerback.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
The case was tossed by the Supreme Court.
—Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Garcia has tossed five shutouts and has 110 strikeouts this season.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Ronel Blanco tossed the previous no-hitter for the Astros in a 10-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1, 2024, which also marked Espada’s first win as manager.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
Eddie Howe’s players took the lead and then tossed it away.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 May 2026
There have been other owners across the pro sports landscape who have gone in and tossed over the tables.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tossed
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As Aden Kassaye and her mother got out to inspect the damage, Beas Solorio reportedly lurched the BMW forward, making contact with Ayalew’s torso, prompting Ayalew to slam her hands on the BMW’s hood to brace herself and yell at the driver.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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So between those two things, the balance of gerrymanders has lurched pretty abruptly toward the right.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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In the summer of 2020, former Morgan Stanley trader Adam Crawley was wandering through Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, perfecting his qigong with a man called Master YanG, when a cold message on LinkedIn jerked him back to reality.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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John jerked Maggie back by the elbow and stopped her from stepping into the street.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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Fortunately for the Trojans, Adrian Lopez alertly threw home to easily nail Hacopian by several feet to end the inning.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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The pitcher threw one pitch behind Crow-Armstrong and the another over his head.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Detectives later found that the items had been discarded in a retention pond behind the restroom.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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Participants will bring old or discarded screens, monitors, tablets and smartphones to investigate the intersections of material, design and data.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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My frustration is partly with the quality of content from the AI models, but mainly with people who are swayed by the eloquent language and don’t consider what’s being said.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies' management decisions, efficiency and financials.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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One woman ordered some home furniture while two children fidgeted nearby.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Between each dance was an excruciating silence during which network-TV producers monitored and reset their equipment while the men fidgeted onstage like excitable children.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hokusai is known for its bright rays of debris that stretch thousands of kilometers across the planet, created when material blasted from beneath Mercury's surface was hurled outward during the impact.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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The girl hurled the ball all the way down the hallway, and Hadley bounded happily to retrieve and gently return it.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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If an Islander isn’t chosen, this often means that they have been dumped from the island.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Good's body was dumped in the alleyway last Thursday when Liza Ridley took a Lyft from her home in Mayfair to Kensington, according to prosecutors.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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“Tossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tossed. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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