kick over

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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. 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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for kick over
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Verb
  • Black is legally required to turn over his NDAs to the House Oversight Committee by next week, the committee confirmed Friday.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The Department of Justice attempted to compel states to turn over their voter files, and sued more than two dozen that refused to do so.
    Steven Portnoy, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The move quickly set off a firestorm, with immigration rights advocates accusing DOJ of trying to malign a dead man.
    Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Australia’s bold law set off a chain of responses around the world and across the industry.
    Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • The receivership touched off a painful community journey that brought on job reductions, layoffs and school closures as enrollment sharply declined.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • But on its way to him, the ball took the smallest of touches off teammate Igor Matanović.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Running beta code comes at the consumer’s own risk; diving into the settings to activate features not specifically enabled by Apple will increase that risk.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Air defenses were activated in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and explosions were reported in several Iranian cities, according to state media.
    Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
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  • In May, Elon Musk reportedly spent at least $1 billion to buy an energy company with a fleet of combustion turbines, likely to power his AI model, Grok.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • Chase Infiniti’s heat coming off One Battle After Another was enough to power her campaign more strongly than her show’s.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Trump then took the microphone and moved the conversation onto Balogun’s red card.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Turkey moved fastest, deploying troops to its base and airlifting food within days, a role that also nudged Ankara's own reading of the Gulf.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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