throw up to
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Though WBC rules would allow him to throw up to 95 pitches on Tuesday, McLean said he would be limited to around 65 or 70.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
I went from wanting to throw up to pure elation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
He is scheduled to throw up to 45 pitches.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2021
He plans to throw up to 100 in his next start, then back off to lighter load in his final start before pitching the first regular-season game at Oakland on April 4.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2016
We have no little straws of our own to throw up to show us which way any wind blows, and we have no oblique biddings of our own to make for anything outside this hall.
From Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens
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