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
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  • 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
  • The tariffs have touched off a range of emotions along the world’s longest international border, where residents and industries are closely intertwined.
    Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
  • That revelation, in turn, has touched off something of a eureka moment for many in the industry.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Leo full moon activates themes of intimacy and transformation, encouraging you to dive deeper into your emotional connections.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The following year, on Oct. 21, the fledgling military branch activated Space Operations Command at Peterson Air Force Base (now Peterson Space Force Base) in Colorado.
    Julian Dossett, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • Silicon Valley will transform into a moviegoer’s playground next week as the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival powers its way onto South Bay theater screens.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • 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
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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
  • In each of the past two seasons, the Patriots have moved Onwenu from guard to tackle to stem the bleeding in pass protection.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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