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as in to sway
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 to fidget
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 to throw
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 to discard
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 toss
The law, which took effect in June, also sees to it that agencies don’t hold power of attorney over a model’s digital likeness, which means that it can’t be arbitrarily tossed into contracts at the demand of a brand or retailer.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Then Loretta stuffed his belongings into trash bags and tossed them in a ditch beside the house.
—John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Lara Violetta, a fashion and beauty creator in Paris, confidently smudged murky green shadow around her eyes, dressed her lips in a white pigment and tossed her blush and bronzer to the side.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Wilson threw two interceptions and tossed the ball into the back of the end zone three times late in the game while in the red zone.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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Skyrocketing housing costs may be swaying Americans from having children, contributing to plunging birth rates in the country, data suggests.—
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With the country's fractured political environment, Hinshaw suggested that Routh might be able to sway one or two jurors, thus forcing a mistrial.—
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Notice: are people fidgeting, looking at their hands, or rolling their eyes?—
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The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.—
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Mahomes also spoke about the Chiefs’ win, which was by far the best Kansas City has looked this season and marked the first time since 2023 that Mahomes threw four touchdowns in a game.—
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González had sentenced four young men to prison for throwing Molotov cocktails at a police chief’s vehicle and at an intelligence officer’s house in the town of Encrucijada, where Ferrer’s family lives.—
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In general, soft cheeses like cream cheese, ricotta, and fresh mozzarella should be discarded with any signs of spoilage, including pink discoloration.—
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Soup holding internally at 113 degrees F after cooling for 2 hours (discarded).—
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On Halloween of 2022, just weeks into the new school year, senior Ehni Ler Htoo was making his way through the halls of Proctor High School in Utica, New York, when a fellow student lurched at him from behind, repeatedly plunging a 9-inch hunting knife into his back.—
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Despite that notable change, watching One Battle After Another is much like the experience of reading Pynchon, who lurches from high comedy to stomach-turning naturalism and punctuates plot-heavy sequences with little grace notes of character portraiture.—
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He, too, was bowled over by the film's tear-jerking finale.—
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Travis jerked open the door and slid on his butt down a wing that was on fire.—
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Insults were hurled at McIlroy with such ferocity that his playing partner Shane Lowry had to be held back from going over the ropes to get at the fans.—
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During the speech, however, Kemp periodically deviated from building up Astra to hurling insults at several of his competitors in the launch industry.—
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Callie, the hottest person at Seattle Grace, went through so much turmoil and humiliation in her relationships prior to that, including, but not limited to, being cheated on by her husband and being dumped by a newly out lesbian who couldn’t handle her being bisexual.—
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Old Nazi warheads and US warships have been reclaimed by a new army of diverse marine life, as scientists uncover how nature has made use of the munitions and fleets that ended up dumped in waterways during the two world conflicts.—
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“Toss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toss. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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