flumped

past tense of flump
as in plopped
to throw or set down clumsily or casually for now, just flump the rug on the floor—we'll unroll it later

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  • The white-domed arena, now gray with age and grime, didn’t resemble its namesake so much as a spaceship, a Starship Enterprise plopped amid high-rises.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Eagles plopped a second helping of victory on our plate.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • This concern has been tossed around (and tossed aside) for years.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The swells rocked the boat violently, sent wave after wave over the stern, threw us sideways, and nearly tossed all of us into the ocean again and again.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Flumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flumped. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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