KICKED OVER Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked over

verb

past tense of kick over

as in turned over

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The shooting investigation was turned over to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, in keeping with department policy.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 July 2026
The suspect faces criminal charges, while the five migrants who were shepherded across the border were arrested and turned over to the Canada Border Services Agency.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of turned over

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The romantic gesture set off a trend and from around 1790 to 1830, miniature artists began to house these tiny eyes in jewels as precious keepsakes.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The change set off a free-for-all this time around, as a dozen states bid for the chance to vote first.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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The still-unknown circumstances around Wells’ death have touched off rampant online speculation and prompted calls from Black leaders for transparency from local authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of touched off

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In one incident, a child activated bear spray in a crowd; in another, officers recovered a gun after chasing another youth, police said.

— Nathan Pilling July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
The right-handed closer is scheduled to be activated Wednesday — fittingly, when 40,000 fans will receive an Díaz bobblehead — after missing three months because of right elbow surgery.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

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However, amongst all of these cases, there are some that were seemingly triggered remotely, and this leads Batou and Togusa on the trail of a shady robotics manufacturer, with a corrupt and entirely cybernetic boss.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The Iran war triggered a historic oil shortage that drove up fuel costs and catapulted inflation to a three-year high.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 July 2026

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In early 2025, Y Combinator reported that for a quarter of its Winter 2025 batch, roughly 95% of the codebase was AI-generated, notable for highly technical founders who would have written the software themselves a year earlier.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Industrial companies and technology firms have already secured rights to the electricity generated at the site.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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