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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
The judges appeared more skeptical of Peters’ claim that her convictions should be tossed entirely, and noted that her conduct matched the crimes for which she was found guilty.
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
However, don’t rule out an offensive player being tossed around in discussion.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
And Carillo was brutally stabbed to death, her body tossed into a shallow grave that had been dug in the backyard behind the house.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Drizzle on enough extra-virgin olive oil to coat the farro when tossed.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
If the case is allowed to move to federal court, that judgment could be tossed.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
With a lightning-speed motion, Pedro tossed a cord around the foreman’s neck.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Someone else got that treasure but Keeney and his family went back for Game 7 and, at the end of batting practice, Brian Harper tossed Keeney his batting glove.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
Stafford finished 24 for 42 for 304 yards and tossed touchdowns to Puka Nacua, Kyren Williams and Parkinson.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tossed
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The relentless Chacon lurched outside after her just as his car door opened and out popped their 6-year-old son, begging his dad to stop.—
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New year optimism was certainly in short supply inside Anfield as the mood lurched from restlessness to exasperation and then anger.—
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
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The two stood nose-to-nose on the field when the Steelers player grabbed onto Chase’s facemask, jerked his head and appeared to punch him.—
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Ponds read Moore’s eyes the whole way and when Moore threw the ball to the left side, Ponds jumped the route and sauntered 25 yards into the end zone.—
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Indiana's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza threw five touchdown passes, improving his case to be the top pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.—
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The state also has an above average number of polluted waterways and more coal ash ponds — small, toxic water bodies near coal plants where poisonous refuse is discarded — than any other state.—
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By the 1970s, many of Lindsay’s policies were anchored more to his office and personality than to his party and were thus easily discarded upon executive turnover.—
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Don’t be swayed by the self-congratulatory rhetoric.—
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The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, whose fatally ill father fled Iran just before the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.—
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Children fidgeted in the relentless August heat.—
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Federal agents fired tear gas and rubber bullets after agitators hurled fireworks at them outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Monday amid continued resistance to immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities.—
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Especially given the lofty praise hurled Kon Knueppel’s way from Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.—
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On June 15, the Red Sox dumped Devers and the remainder of his contract on the San Francisco Giants.—
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Less than two minutes later, on a fast break, Jalen Douglas faked a shot, then dumped the ball down low to Sims, who scored on a layup.—
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“Tossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tossed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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