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Select the option that best completes the sentence below.
Birds get very frightened when paper balls are thrown ....... them.
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Pay attention to common expressions like "thrown at" for actions involving direction or targeting.
NPAT - 2025
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Solution and Explanation
The correct preposition here is "at," as we typically say "thrown at" when referring to the direction or target of an object.
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