kick over

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Recent Examples of kick over The Packers had blocked the kick over Matt Pryor on the left side, and Vikings defensive lineman Jerry Tillery pushed forward against Braxton Jones, next to Pryor, on his block. Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024 Beijing may want to displace the United States from the center of the global economy, but that is a different matter from wanting to kick over the table altogether. Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2023 The story takes place in Louisville, Ky., where a group of teenage punks partying in a graveyard come face to face with the aftermath of two youths accidentally kicking over a barrel in a top-secret government facility. Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024 One of them was charged with disturbing the peace, a 90-day misdemeanor, for kicking over flags of the pro-Israel counterprotesters and with ethnic intimidation, a misdemeanor with a maximum one-year sentence. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for kick over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over
Verb
  • The new law would then allow education officials to check whether the family notified its district about its decision to homeschool and compel parents to turn over homeschool materials for review.
    Molly Parker, ProPublica, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Last June, Barlow filed a declaration in support of a defense motion asking the prosecution to turn over IGG evidence.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The casting has set off a long string of controversies from many different sides of Harry Potter fandom, or even outside of that, for multiple reasons.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Police in Dallas said a fight that broke out between two people on Saturday set off the false alarm.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Newsom has been a longtime and avid supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, so his remarks touched off a hissy fit among progressive Democrats.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Trump's tariffs touched off a stock market plunge in recent days.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Keep your headlights on and activate emergency flashers to alert other drivers of your position.
    Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Carsley said during his spell as interim coach that White still had his ‘do not disturb’ status activated after Southgate’s departure last summer.
    Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Algorithmic recommendation engines that power everything from X to YouTube can even contribute to a slow-burn destabilization of American society by shoving consumers into partisan echo chambers that increase polarization and erode social trust.
    Seth Ashley, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
  • While many theories involve geological processes powered by heat from Earth’s core, Johnson and his colleagues have previously argued that the formation of Pilbara would have required extraterrestrial energy.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • Re-signing two of their own free agents, defensive tackle Kevin Givens and running back Patrick Taylor Jr., to one-year deals didn’t move the enthusiasm needle much, either.
    Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
  • This requires a fundamental redefinition of the sales process, moving away from a purely transactional model toward a more engaging, collaborative and impactful approach.
    Drew Gurley, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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