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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  • Images of his feet quickly began circulating online, setting off a craze on the internet.
    Jessica Botelho, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Many of them had walked up to 200 km to get there, setting off days earlier and only arriving Friday evening.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 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
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
  • The previous test flight, which similarly failed as the rocket was powering into space, most likely failed because of a leak in an engine causing a pressure buildup, the company said last month.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In 1881, a young businessman named John Taylor moved from Columbus, Ohio, to Kansas City with a dream of starting his own store.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The start of a new year is a time for planning, embracing change and moving forward.
    Kristjan Vilosius, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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