Example Sentences

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Any U.S. court would have tossed it for prosecutorial misconduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The primary election for seven Seattle City Council seats is coming on Aug. 1, and 45 citizens have tossed their proverbial hats into one or another of those seven rings.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve ... we’ll meet ourselves.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022

It also gave him a leg up on snootier agents who may have tossed their newspaper sports sections.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

She would have tossed it out of the closet just as carelessly as she tossed everything else.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau