as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy
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Recent Examples of lob
The singer and her friends sprinted to a bomb shelter, with nearly 50 people trying to cram into the small concrete bunker as assailants fired gunshots and lobbed grenades at them.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 May 2025
Barron turned on his phone’s camera, waited for an opening and lobbed a query of his own at his new teammate.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Example: Product Development and Customer Success sit down together and agree on a road map, instead of just lobbing complaints over the fence.
—Antonio Garrido, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Hauser gives this head-toss an element of ecstasy as his Larson enters into a kind of Big Board flow state, dodging whammies even as the producers lob psychological obstacles his way in an attempt to throw him off.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 May 2025
Barron turned on his phone’s camera, waited for an opening and lobbed a query of his own at his new teammate.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Example: Product Development and Customer Success sit down together and agree on a road map, instead of just lobbing complaints over the fence.
—Antonio Garrido, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Hauser gives this head-toss an element of ecstasy as his Larson enters into a kind of Big Board flow state, dodging whammies even as the producers lob psychological obstacles his way in an attempt to throw him off.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lob
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Its steering is tight and precise, and throwing its 1,800kg mass around bends is heaps of fun thanks to its grippy tyres.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The Justice Department is also throwing its support behind a pending lawsuit alleging similar violations of girls’ rights in the Riverside Unified School District, said U.S. Atty.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Back then, the distance between the rubber and home plate was a mere 40 feet, and pitchers were hurling a white ball with white seams.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The insults were hurled on at least two occasions, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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Another tossed a traffic cone into the vehicle’s windshield, damaging it.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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Winner: Lenovo Legion Go S Tech Specs: Upscaling Is the Secret Sauce Gaming handhelds have to do it all—support the latest and greatest games while maintaining a form factor that can be tossed into your bookbag.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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But Ellwood also unearthed video of a young George looking down and away on stage as Culture Club performs an early club show and homophobic slurs are flung at him from the crowd.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The doors of the old barn were flung open and people of all ages and backgrounds crushed around the stage and spilled over onto the lawn.—
Joy Callaway,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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“Lob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lob. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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