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threw

American  
[throo] / θru /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of throw.

threw British  
/ θruː /

verb

  1. the past tense of throw

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State and local governments threw up roadblocks to both.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another victim, said she had bought a chemical but threw it away after feeling she was "in a better place".

From BBC

With no up-front costs for attempting to enroll, phonies threw thousands of identities at the system’s 116 schools, which were technologically unprepared for the assaults.

From Los Angeles Times

Now his mother, a nurse in Derby, campaigns with the man who threw that single punch in 2011.

From BBC

Issues that weren’t a problem when the home was built in 1974, such as its height and its closeness to the ocean, threw up roadblocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

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