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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
Jordan tossed all 7 innings allowing just 2 hits while striking out 11 and walking 2.
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Everything out of spring training has been promising for Cole, the 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner, who tossed a scoreless inning in his return to game action last week.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
So had Florida not decided to tweak its offense to emphasize paint touches, dwindling the bricks its guards had regularly tossed through the first two disastrous months, this could have been a historic season.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
When Jalen Suggs tossed his mouthpiece off the court after he was bumped by LaMelo Ball roughly halfway through the first quarter of Thursday’s game at Charlotte, the Magic guard was quickly assessed a technical fine from official Scott Foster.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
During Cactus League play, Borucki tossed six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts for the White Sox.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
Family members also tossed flowers into Lake Michigan in the teen's memory.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Cooper Flagg was heavily guarded in the left corner by Dyson Daniels with the shot clock winding down and tossed the ball to Naji Marshall, but the pass was picked off by Jalen Johnson.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Related Stories Last week’s news that Netflix had divested from the lifestyle venture, which the tech giant footed the bill to help build, tossed gasoline on a bonfire of speculation about the health of the relationship between the former royals and their creative home.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Everything out of spring training has been promising for Cole, the 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner, who tossed a scoreless inning in his return to game action last week.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
So had Florida not decided to tweak its offense to emphasize paint touches, dwindling the bricks its guards had regularly tossed through the first two disastrous months, this could have been a historic season.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
When Jalen Suggs tossed his mouthpiece off the court after he was bumped by LaMelo Ball roughly halfway through the first quarter of Thursday’s game at Charlotte, the Magic guard was quickly assessed a technical fine from official Scott Foster.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
During Cactus League play, Borucki tossed six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts for the White Sox.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
Family members also tossed flowers into Lake Michigan in the teen's memory.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Cooper Flagg was heavily guarded in the left corner by Dyson Daniels with the shot clock winding down and tossed the ball to Naji Marshall, but the pass was picked off by Jalen Johnson.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Related Stories Last week’s news that Netflix had divested from the lifestyle venture, which the tech giant footed the bill to help build, tossed gasoline on a bonfire of speculation about the health of the relationship between the former royals and their creative home.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tossed
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Over the course of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s term, CPS has lurched from budget crisis to budget crisis, able only to muddle through due to record-breaking mayoral declarations of tax-increment-financing surpluses.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Elsewhere in town, the original creature, played by Christian Bale, has lurched here from Austria still on his lonely quest for companionship.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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We are jerked between past and present as his backstory gets filled in, one jogged memory at a time.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The officers threw all of my possessions all over the cell.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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The move came after allegations that a Pittsburgh funeral director defrauded thousands of grieving families and threw their pets into landfills.—
Tory Wegerski,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Although they can be discarded, the pylons and mounting points remain exposed, which affects the jet’s stealth profile.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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No insurer—and no Iranian—will be swayed by more threats.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Marcel In the heat of the afternoon, the Fort Worth blues singer Marcel — as in Brandon Marcel, a close collaborator and backing singer for Leon Bridges — crooned his way through a half-hour set while Bridges swayed and applauded from the side of the stage.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
20 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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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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An angry deity hurled a firebrand at the swallow, singeing away its middle tail feathers.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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The year before the shooting, the terrorist organization released videos that appeared to show gay men being hurled off buildings and then stoned to death.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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Officials have been watching dam levels since a storm last week dumped heavy rain across the state, which led to catastrophic flooding that washed away roads and homes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has dumped $45 million into a campaign committee that’s sponsoring a handful of other ballot measures, including three currently collecting signatures, that seek to counteract the tax in various ways.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Tossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tossed. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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