Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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In this scenario, gravitational interactions would have slung the Trojans inwards, where they now orbit as relatively pristine examples of the Solar System's building blocks.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
Some have slung tarpaulins next to walls in an attempt to shield themselves from the sun.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2016
Instead of educating the Common Man to take his newly acquired place of leadership, U.S. schools and colleges have slung him a "mess of servile pottage."
From Time Magazine Archive
But though I have slung my hammock in many lands, on all the continents, I have few memories of netting nights.
From Edge of the Jungle by William Beebe
"You might have slung me the ladder down," he said, gazing about him in blank astonishment.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
