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Recent Examples of kick over
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.
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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
Some people were seen kicking over trash cans and recycling bins into the path of officers and police vans.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025
The 28-year-old Frenchman did exactly that, landing the biggest kick over the final 100 meters to earn his first major championship with a winning time of 28:55.77.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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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
Some people were seen kicking over trash cans and recycling bins into the path of officers and police vans.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025
The 28-year-old Frenchman did exactly that, landing the biggest kick over the final 100 meters to earn his first major championship with a winning time of 28:55.77.
—Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over
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But the rapid growth of facial recognition over the last decade has raised concerns among privacy experts who caution that such data can easily be turned over to law enforcement entities or make companies hacking targets.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Trump’s up-and-down relationship with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken a particularly sour turn over the past several months as the Republican president has sought to rally international support for the war in Iran.—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some analysts have raised alarms about how weakness in a key node of the web, like OpenAI, could set off a chain reaction that could threaten the entire AI ecosystem.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of people wearing masks shut down I-77 to set off fireworks in the middle of the interstate.—
Joe Bruno,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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His death at age 80 has touched off a scramble among candidates seeking to fill the remainder of his term and take his seat in Congress for a full term beginning next year.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
2 May 2026
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Their disappearance was not noticed for several hours and touched off a massive manhunt.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Moon in Sagittarius activates your 3rd House of Communication, encouraging direct expression and clearer exchanges.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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That output is sufficient to power approximately 24,000 households each year.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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Hyperscalers such as Meta and Google plan to use those chips for the data centers that will power their AI ambitions, which have been at the center of billions of dollars worth of investments since the beginning of the year.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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He was instructed to respond by moving his eyes from left to right, and sure enough, the researchers counted two rightward movements of his eyes.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Mercury moves through your 1st House of Identity, sharpening your voice and making your words more direct than usual.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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