lobbed

verb

past tense of lob
as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy

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Recent Examples of lobbed Sam Howell still got his shot in the second half, but an interception lobbed into the end zone put a huge stink on his chances to make up ground. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026 France lobbed one to right-center field when Benge fielded the ball and saw that Jake Cronenworth was headed home. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Trump has often lobbed verbal threats toward Tehran only to later back down, citing an imminent diplomatic breakthrough that has so far failed to materialize. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026 Instead of delivering a strong throw, Adames lobbed the ball to second baseman Osleivis Basabe, whose relay to first wasn’t in time to catch Paredes. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 Tom Jordan lobbed a kickpass toward the right touchline but wing Kyle Steyn spilled it under pressure. — ABC News, 11 July 2026 Criticism was also lobbed at the armor design in the movie, which many on social media felt resembled Batman’s more modern-looking Batsuit. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 July 2026 Compare that with three weeks ago, when Ukraine managed to shoot down 15 of the 19 Russian ballistic missiles lobbed at its capital. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 7 July 2026 The past few decades saw similar degrees of vitriol lobbed against the likes of Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. — Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobbed
  1. threw
  2. hurled
  3. tossed
  4. slung
  5. flung
Verb
  • Police reinforcements were called late Saturday to the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers in Sintiki, a few kilometers (miles) from the Bulgarian border, after migrants threw rocks at guards, according to police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of threw
Verb
  • The person hurled the toy during the third quarter of the Dream’s 124-88 win, recalling a trend that began last season when objects were thrown onto the court at various games.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Video shows the moments when the man, who appears to be a United States Postal Service employee, hurled an object at a rare albino peacock and then hit it with a stick last week.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurled
Verb
  • In his second start since returning from the 15-day Injured List, Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan tossed five shutout innings and gave up four hits.
    — Harvey Valentine, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Most injuries occurred as residents were tossed from beds or stumbled in the dark; trains and airport links were briefly disrupted, a Tokyo water main burst, and hundreds lost power.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of tossed
Verb
  • That's when Ezeiruaku similarly grabbed McCoy's helmet, slung it off his head and similarly sent it flying.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, David, wore a white T-shirt, khaki pants, and slung a butter yellow sweater around his shoulders.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of slung
Verb
  • One half of the binary was captured by the black hole and the other was flung away.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For one thing, the odds just aren’t in favor of the theory; the War Wolf flung a single, albeit enormous, shot on the very last day of the siege.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of flung

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