1
as in complained
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he's been kicking all week about not getting the promotion
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2
as in objected
to present an opposing opinion or argument
fiscal conservatives have already started to kick about the proposed program, claiming it will increase the state's deficit substantially
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Recent Examples of kicked
But it’s kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
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Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
But it's kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
In May of last year, according to Heather and Cayden, Robert’s guardians kicked him and his younger sibling out of their home.
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David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Leaving major spending proposals up to next governor As part of the budget deal, lawmakers kicked some of the state's major spending decisions to Newsom's successor.
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CBS News,
30 June 2026
And robotic martial artists can be dangerous to bystanders, as was recently demonstrated at a Chinese amusement park, where a G1 wearing a clown wig kicked a small child in the stomach.
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Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
As production on Season 1 wrapped in February, the sales process kicked into high gear with screenings of the first episode to prospective buyers in Los Angeles, New York and during London Screenings — all attended by Moore.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Before a ball was kicked, no one in our team thought the USA could win the tournament – including the Americans.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
With the game tied 2-2 in stoppage time, Algerian players kicked the ball around to each other, running out the clock, the result seemingly a foregone conclusion.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
28 June 2026
Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
But it's kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
In May of last year, according to Heather and Cayden, Robert’s guardians kicked him and his younger sibling out of their home.
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David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
Leaving major spending proposals up to next governor As part of the budget deal, lawmakers kicked some of the state's major spending decisions to Newsom's successor.
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CBS News,
30 June 2026
And robotic martial artists can be dangerous to bystanders, as was recently demonstrated at a Chinese amusement park, where a G1 wearing a clown wig kicked a small child in the stomach.
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Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
As production on Season 1 wrapped in February, the sales process kicked into high gear with screenings of the first episode to prospective buyers in Los Angeles, New York and during London Screenings — all attended by Moore.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
Before a ball was kicked, no one in our team thought the USA could win the tournament – including the Americans.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
With the game tied 2-2 in stoppage time, Algerian players kicked the ball around to each other, running out the clock, the result seemingly a foregone conclusion.
—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked
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By early 1775, Quebec’s governor complained that this letter was stirring up the population by planting dangerous doubts about British imperial authority.
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Smith has long complained that Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, hindered the province’s energy industry and fueled separatist sentiment.
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Residents objected to removing trees and other construction activities.
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None objected to the report, but the Farm Bureau expressed concerns about the project’s affects on surrounding farmland.
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Police said that after the girl screamed, the video shows a man getting into his vehicle and driving away.
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Thompson screamed at the MTA worker before grabbing her and slashing on the left side of her nose, just below her eye, according to prosecutors.
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The additional time and expense are among the reasons state workers have protested the change.
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The Hanna’s Town Resolves, a document signed along Forbes Road in 1775 by citizens of Westmoreland County, protested the injustices of the British Parliament.
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Traffic hummed and whined on I-85.
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Second, in a report of their own, the pro-business commissioners whined that all of this was unfair.
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Coach Arne Slot moaned about VAR but his problems lie much closer to home.
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Critics moaned when the CFP committee picked the Hurricanes over Notre Dame as the last Power 4 entry into the playoffs.
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Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
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In the shadows of the long-hut, the elders muttered among themselves—of portents and crops and weather and the storage of grain.
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“Kicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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