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as in scurries
to proceed or move quickly
the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter
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as in throws
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 hurtles
While the world hurtles towards holiday chaos, reclaim your winter solstice with stillness and reflection just as the world’s ancient cultures did thousands of years ago, from Roman Saturnalia feasts to Persian Shab-e Yalda gatherings to the blazing Yule logs of Scandinavia.
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Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
Some are passing the cost on to eaters, tacking a few extra dollars onto the price of dishes when ordered for delivery—but as the economy hurtles toward a possible recession, $31 for spaghetti in a cardboard box starts to seem like a bad idea too.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
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Jackson scurries 14 yards up the middle for a first down.—
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The older dog is shown marching along, while the puppy scurries along, attempting to match its pace.—
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The archer is known to be a magical being that throws zingers, or in this case, spells, at those who frustrate their peace.—
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Grabbing a gun, Lexy gets the upper hand, just as Anna’s detective husband, Jack (Jon Bernthal), arrives and throws Anna out of the way.—
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The woman who later identified herself as Good's partner rushes to the Honda Pilot.—
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Denver’s defense rushes the passer as well as any other team in the league.—
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Cannon hurls a last plate against the wall.—
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Her son then gets to realize his dream of not going to college and becoming a firefighter after Kate, who has been on him for the duration of the film to write his college essay, begins reading his college essay and hurls it into the fire.—
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After the shooting, the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.—
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This slows down the release of ethylene gas, which speeds up ripening.—
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But don’t let any of that hinder you from seeing director/co-screenwriter Ryan Prows’ nutso horror movie, which also tosses some decidedly less effective social commentary onto the barbie.—
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Some lay them flat, others hang them up, and the last set tosses them into a bin.—
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Nix almost always hurries his throws when a blitz comes Harvey’s way, regardless of whether the rookie RB picks it up capably or not.—
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Supermassive black holes are notoriously messy eaters, but the behemoth at the heart of spiral galaxy NGC 3783 really takes the cake — and then flings it out into space at a fifth the speed of light.—
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Over-the-top features—like the catapult that flings massive amounts of human excrement into the Burgher realm—only undermine his laudable intentions.—
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“Hurtles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurtles. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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