Example Sentences

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The Wings have since missed five postseasons straight; when they return to the playoffs, fans will lob an octopus onto the ice, a tradition that dates back to the 1952 playoffs.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2021

Becky Herry, a 57-year-old nurse in Santa Cruz, Calif., who has stage 4 melanoma, says that some people will lob what she describes as non-questions with a dose of judgment embedded within.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2013

And for those who subscribe to the Premiership's supposedly immutable law of gravity, Baxter will lob in a fascinating stat.

From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2010