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Recent Examples of kick over
Subsequent tense interactions with law enforcement have been captured on video, such as one in which a DHS officer deliberately kicked over a candle placed at a memorial for Good.
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
More than 70% of kicks over 50 yards are successful these days, a dramatic increase in accuracy from only five years ago.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Samus arrives to clean up some mess (usually revolving around the vampiric Metroid creatures) and is forced to survive in an inhospitable alien world, kicking over every stone and x-ray scanning for trinkets to help guide her path.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025
Named to the Pro Bowl in 2020, the South Korean kicker has made 185 of 215 (86%) kicks over his career.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
More than 70% of kicks over 50 yards are successful these days, a dramatic increase in accuracy from only five years ago.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Samus arrives to clean up some mess (usually revolving around the vampiric Metroid creatures) and is forced to survive in an inhospitable alien world, kicking over every stone and x-ray scanning for trinkets to help guide her path.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025
Named to the Pro Bowl in 2020, the South Korean kicker has made 185 of 215 (86%) kicks over his career.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over
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After the Arizona lineup turned over and Sheehan retired Ketel Marte and Carroll to get out of the inning, Roberts stuck with the right-hander against switch-hitting Geraldo Perdomo and right-handed Nolan Arenado in the seventh.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Though the body appeared to be Hanes', it was turned over to the Baxter County coroner's office for forensic examination to confirm its identity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 June 2026
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The evil force of Skeletor (Jared Leto), a bad bad man with no face, brings his minions in and sets off non-stop destruction.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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Kylie Jenner recently set off on a summer getaway as part of a Kylie Cosmetics campaign.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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McBride, the Commodores, Morris Day & the Time and Young MC have all either withdrawn or publicly denied participation after the lineup reveal touched off immediate backlash.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
29 May 2026
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The boom in the market was touched off by the overnight success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which showed that chatbots could answer users’ questions in conversational fashion, threatening to make Google’s list of links to websites obsolete.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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Raven Room is a great spot for happy hour, and the owners have been going to great lengths lately to activate the space with programming such as live music.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Mercury in Cancer, for instance, activates your partnership sector — followed by the sun later this month — bringing focus to romantic, business or close one-on-one dynamics.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Fortunately, so many of the minerals needed to power our economy, strengthen our national security and rebuild our industrial capacity are right beneath our feet.—
Rich Nolan,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
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Those publications now sit in a privileged tier inside the retrieval systems that power the AI products your buyers use every day.—
Parry Headrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Make sure the belt doesn't move, push your knees out into the belt, and hold.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
29 May 2026
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Nippon Dynawave was cited for moving equipment involved before it could be inspected, but not for the incident itself, the news outlet reported.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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