Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Stusser estimates that Osmosis has slung compost onto half a million guests in its 40 years of business.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
Optimists retort that the ECB has slung a safety net under the euro by promising to buy struggling governments' bonds as a last resort.
From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2013
Two months later, Colin Kaepernick's blistering right paw has slung the 49ers into the Super Bowl.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2013
Instead of curtains for privacy, Mr. Metcalf-Kelly has slung a towel over the only window.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2011
In less than half a minute Stanley has darted into McKay's room; has slung his chevroned coat under the bed; has slipped beneath the sheet and coverlet, and now, breathlessly, he listens.
From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by Charles King
