Thesaurus results for SLINGING

slinging 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of sling

as in swinging

to place on an elevated point without support from below sling a hammock between the trees

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verb (2)

present participle of sling

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm slinging stones at the fence post

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Expect to see everyone from locals clad in athleisure to camera-slinging couples in breezy linen button-downs returning from a nearby wine tasting. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 This is a great combination of quarterbacks who should be slinging the ball and make for an exciting game. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Working on the Emmy-winning Hulu/FX series has been a full-circle moment for the onetime pizza delivery driver (in his hometown of Rochester, New York) whose first tattoo was inspired by his slice-slinging life. — Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026 The show takes place in a separate world from Tom Holland’s MCU character and follows the early days of Peter Parker’s web-slinging career. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Because of his athleticism, Ward sometimes falls into the trap of slinging the ball around without taking time to give himself a firm base. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2026 This is where Webb can return to his Texas Tech days of slinging it, of finding mismatches in uptempo. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2026 Trump’s tariff-slinging made companies less, not more, likely to put their faith in a North American supply chain, which is inextricably intertwined across a number of industries. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 Steinem set out to expose the working conditions and interior lives of the bunnies slinging booze to the playboys who patronized the club. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

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Mark Middleton, 59, (May 2022) — died of a shotgun wound and hanging at the Heifer ranch in Perryville, Arkansas.

— Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The display features a tent filled with clowns, body parts hanging from a tree and a central pumpkin patch that anchors the display.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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Antetokounmpo was everywhere, throwing a down a poster dunk over Mavericks center Daniel Gafford, hitting pull-up threes and assisting on a bunch of the Heat’s three-pointers.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
In May 2012, a shark struck a fishing kayak near Leffingwell Landing, throwing fisherman Joey Nocchi into the water and damaging his vessel.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of throwing

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Outside school grounds, politicians are playing recess games and monkeying with the rules, tossing our children around like political footballs.

— Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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What’s more, even as they are defined by death, bogs are also springboards for unusual and unlikely life-forms that extend our understanding of biology—from acid-flinging mosses to amphibian-eating plants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The first one came on a chaotic sequence in front of the net, with center Carey Terrance inadvertently flinging the puck at his own net.

— Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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