lobs

verb

present tense third-person singular of lob
as in throws
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 lobs First, McCardell identifies himself on the sideline, jumping when Cousins lobs the ball downfield. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Gimkit lobs occasional multiple-choice questions in the middle of live, multiplayer games that closely resemble popular commercial titles such as Among Us and Only Up. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026 When Beulah’s ne’er-do-well son Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) drunkenly lobs slurs at Azul in a gas station parking lot, Azul reminds him his family’s been in Texas longer than the Jacksons — right before Rip punches Rob-Will out, of course. — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 May 2026 In one video, a mostly unseen man runs up from behind the person filming and lobs a smoking object into a crowd about a block away. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026 In unedited body camera footage, an agent lobs what appears to be a flashbang into the air, which explodes in the same spot seen in the DHS video. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026 North Crowley’s Jayden Shaw lobs it over the defense to TE Jeramie Cooper for a 26 yard touchdown. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025 Paul Thomas Anderson lobs a cinematic grenade in an unrelenting action-thriller. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobs
  1. throws
  2. tosses
  3. hurls
  4. flings
Verb
  • Simmons made some phenomenal throws all over the field, including to his primary receiver, Cayden Lee.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas (20) throws to first base in the fifth inning of a game against the Cleveland Guardians at Rate Field on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of throws
Verb
  • A student tosses a metal barrier during a protest at Strasbourg University in eastern France on Friday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Love finished 16 of 29 for 145 yards with TD tosses to Christian Watson and MarShawn Lloyd for the Packers, whose six-game skid — including the playoffs — was their longest since dropping seven in a row spanning the 1990 and 1991 seasons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of tosses
Verb
  • Former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins hurls a deep ball toward Jefferson in double coverage, and McCardell stops the play.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The mathematical problem concerns the Navier-Stokes equations, which govern the flow of fluids—from the whirlpool circling your bathtub’s drain to the turbulent winds El Niño hurls across the North American continent.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurls
Verb
  • Surveillance footage of the incident shared by Palermo Today shows a number of passengers throwing punches, before one guest flings a chair at another.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Its highly specialized strategy likely evolved to take advantage of the ant’s natural aggression and then overcome its defenses; the slingshot mechanism flings the ant from the foraging trail, reducing the risk that the spider will be swarmed by other workers, the researchers hypothesized.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
Definition of flings

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“Lobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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