flung

verb

Definition of flungnext
past tense of fling
as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it

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Recent Examples of flung They were presumed dead, flung along with countless others into the mass graves dug across the country. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024 The mind reels at the musical darts that the late Phil Ochs could have flung in the direction of the person who’s about to re-enter the White House. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024 Lawmakers from the other side shoved them and the chairs back and squirted or flung water at them from plastic bottles. — Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024

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