as in blows
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
gave the dog a sharp pelt on the nose with her rolled up newspaper
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as in furs
the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value
caught beavers and sold the pelts to fur traders
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as in races
to proceed or move quickly
pelted away when the cops arrived
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as in throws
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus
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as in hides
to strike repeatedly
pelted the other kids with pebbles
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Recent Examples of pelts
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
Washington, two years into this rebuild, is still looking up at Philadelphia, which captured its second straight division title with a 29-18 win Saturday, becoming the first NFC East team in more than two decades to win consecutive division pelts.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Opened in 1927 in response to the near-decimation of the koala population in Australia – the cuddly creatures were hunted for their pelts – Lone Pine is now home to about 100 koalas along with other native Australian fauna.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
More beaver data needed Abundant beaver populations roamed Colorado before European settlement and the arrival of trappers seeking the rodents for their pelts.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
Late fall is also when fur traders used to trap beavers to acquire their thick winter pelts, according to the Almanac.
—Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Her own hair, by celebrity hairstylist Dimitris Giannetos, was styled into tiny, Renaissance inspired braids, complementing the thicker pelts across her body.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
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The mammals found in the Himalayas and mainland Southeast Asia into South China, are trafficked alive as exotic pets and their pelts are also sold illegally.
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Professional horseback riders run through a course made of snow while towing a skier or snowboarder who races the clock — all while staying upright and attached to the tow rope.—
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Holly races them out to the mine shaft, past the memory of the injured guy in the lab coat, but again, Henry follows.—
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Texas Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle throws to the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Arlington, Texas.—
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In response, an employee throws what appeared to be a burger box at a man in a white T-shirt who appears to be accompanying the woman.—
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And while Americans’ overall ideological self-identification looks stable in the aggregate (37% very conservative/conservative, 34% moderate, 25% very liberal/liberal), a January 2025 Gallup poll shows that this steadiness hides tectonic tensions tugging beneath the surface.—
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Now, Scieszka’s debut filters Tuck Everlasting-esque immortality through the social media age—examining how someone hides their eternal lifespan from facial recognition technology and venture capitalists looking to capitalize upon family property and the ultimate anti-aging secrets.—
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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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Jenkins then connected on a pair of TD tosses -- 20 yards to Paul Rios and a three-yarder to Belton, the latter with just eight ticks left before intermission.—
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Spoken shade amongst the group is as plentiful as actual shade is absent in LA’s concrete desert, and the trio tosses it around with the casual dominance of Shohei Ohtani.—
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Everybody licks the big pink flesh wall.—
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Posted to the account @maisythemarshmallow on September 19, the video shows the dog, named Maisy, lying calmly as the cat snuggles up and licks her face.—
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So instead, to keep costs down and power up, the Starcloud satellite flies what is known as a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, circling the planet at a near vertical 83° angle that carries it over the poles and keeps it almost constantly exposed to the sun.—
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Across the canyon, flames leapt up the Paseo Miramar trail, still two miles away as the crow flies, but already too close to ignore.—
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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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“Pelts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelts. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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