Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicking over
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Nurse had Philadelphia trapping throughout the floor, and that led to Sacramento missing shots and turning over the basketball.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026 -
His team sits just a half-game out of second place in the East after turning over half of its rotation this offseason.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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While crews were investigating, an explosion rocked the 15th and 16th floors, setting off multiple fires and briefly trapping firefighters in an elevator.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Authorities said that in the moments leading up to the video, Husien shot at a police sergeant after the officer attempted to use his patrol vehicle to block the car Husien was driving, which police said had been taken in a carjacking, setting off a close-range gunfight at the sergeant’s SUV.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Kay, of course, is referencing Whitney turning on Jonah by ousting him from his own company.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
14 Jan. 2026
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Far from turning on her, the audience awards her with a head-spinning third applause break in just 50 seconds.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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As San Jose police and other law enforcement agencies converged on the site, authorities say Husien rushed a police sergeant who had just arrived and opened fire, touching off a close-range gunfight in which the sergeant was grazed in the head by a bullet.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Facebook post has been viewed more than 140,000 times, touching off hundreds of comments over driver responsibility and technology.—
David R. Smith,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Kicking over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicking%20over. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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