Thesaurus results for LOFTING

lofting

verb

present participle of loft

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver

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Recent Examples of lofting Jackson Blankenship got the assist on the goal by lofting a long cross from the far right side to Blische who was in front of the goal on the left side. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026 Kim flew out in his third and final at-bat, swinging at the first pitch and lofting a harmless fly ball to left field, a result invoking more disgruntled noises from the home faithful. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 June 2026 Murakami broke out of his homerless stretch in the third, lofting a long, high fly that was just out of the reach of a leaping Crow-Armstrong in center field for his 16th home run of the year. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026 Elon Musk's company already dominates the global launch market, lofting 85% of all the satellites that went up in 2025. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 June 2026 In Ukraine, unguided rockets are generally fired from helicopters in lofting attacks, in which the helicopter dives down then pulls back, firing the rockets upwards at a steep angle for maximum range before breaking away. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 Funniest moment of the season The Everton fan at Hill Dickinson Stadium who celebrated the Chelsea win by lofting a toaster and crumpets above his head. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Keeper Chris Brady – also on at halftime for Turner – charged forward from his net but Jackson beat him to the ball, lofting it over the American keeper and then tapping it into Mane’s path for his second goal. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 31 May 2026 Portland scored first, with Müller taking Olivia Moultrie’s pass in stride in the 10th minute and lofting it over Wave goalkeeper Leah Freeman for her first-ever NWSL goal. — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

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The game featured two of baseball's best and hardest-throwing pitchers in Burns and Misiorowski.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Players will be hopping, throwing, rolling, shooting and more in a broad test of their reflexes.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 July 2026

Definition of throwing

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One of his favourites was dal paran — a traditional folk competition which involves hurling stones off the side of a mountain.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026
At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of hurling

Verb

The forward Agustin Canobbio was red-carded in the final seconds after grabbing referee Ismail Elfath’s arm and flinging it away.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
The video showed the person flinging open the office door and opening fire from the hallway.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026

Definition of flinging

Verb

The Maestro star was previously spotted slinging sandwiches at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, where Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs ultimately lost to Cooper's beloved Philadelphia Eagles.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald — from the band Redd Kross, and not playing brothers — are the bike-riding, long-haired, slang-slinging teens who join in to help the time travelers accomplish their mission.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of slinging

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China last tested an ICBM launched into the Pacific in September 2024, firing a DF-31B nuclear-capable missile from Hainan Island in the South China Sea into the open Pacific near French Polynesia.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
China last conducted a missile test in the Pacific two years ago, then firing an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

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