1
as in to scurry
to proceed or move quickly
the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter
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as in to throw
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 hurtle
Philadelphia plane crash debris hurtles through diner window, strikes man in head
Debris from the deadly medical plane crash in Philadelphia on Friday hurtled through a window of a nearby diner, hitting a patron in the head as others ducked for cover.
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Each of the 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the commercial American Airlines flight were feared dead, according to officials, after the jet collided with a Blackhawk helicopter around 9 p.m. near Reagan National Airport and hurtled into the Potomac River.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
The crash’s impact shredded the hull and hurtled all the passengers into the bay.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Image Image Image Twenty-four other seniors followed, hurtling headfirst through the sky at 180 miles per hour.
—Charley Locke Randy Forbes, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Each of the 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the commercial American Airlines flight were feared dead, according to officials, after the jet collided with a Blackhawk helicopter around 9 p.m. near Reagan National Airport and hurtled into the Potomac River.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
The crash’s impact shredded the hull and hurtled all the passengers into the bay.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Image Image Image Twenty-four other seniors followed, hurtling headfirst through the sky at 180 miles per hour.
—Charley Locke Randy Forbes, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurtle
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And as the pay has shrunk, RSNs and their team and league partners are now scurrying to at least get more eyeballs.—
Evan Drellich,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rats scurry across the halls, smuggled in inadvertently between the folds of a homeless man’s clothes.—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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Everyone is coming to that conclusion from different vantage points, and the solution is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater but to combine the best of traditional marketing, campaigns and communications strategies with where the culture is going.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Last season, Means made four starts once again, and threw 20.2 innings.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Three days later, the infant was rushed into emergency surgery as blood and fluid continued to pool inside his brain.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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Medics rushed the man to a hospital in an ambulance.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Apparently, my father approached the people hurling the insults and asked them to stop.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
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And even as South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace spent the beginning of 2025 hurling anti-trans slurs at Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first out trans woman to serve in Congress, Democrats have largely remained silent.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
4 Mar. 2025
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Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.—
Ben Christopher,
Orange County Register,
6 Mar. 2025
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One other handy benefit is that the AI can potentially do the processing in parallel and radically speed up the time needed to get you an answer.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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In two spring training starts, the righty has tossed three innings without allowing a run.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, another reader emphasized that the pot wasn’t hers to toss.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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But hurry, as popular styles are already selling out.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Anula hurried across the courtyard, passing the vast garden that curled around the administrative buildings, and skidded to a stop outside the concubine estate.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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This season, six teams are flinging the ball around that often.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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When the planets formed, smaller objects, named planetesimals, were flung away from the sun due to gravitational interactions and ended up settling on the very edge of the solar system.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Hurtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurtle. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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