kicked over

past tense of kick over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked over
Verb
  • The directing reigns have now been turned over to Michael Tiddes.
    Jobina Fortson-Evans, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • The suspect was taken into custody by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office and then turned over to the FBI, per the affidavit.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Even minor sparks or drifting embers can incite nearby foliage or grass, setting off a rapidly spreading fire.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • Instead, the member of the fire department manually set off the sirens on his own, which ran for three minutes before shutting down.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • That touched off a conservative firestorm online, even though Wembanyama is French, meaning his country’s anthem wasn’t being played.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • The race has touched off negative campaign advertisements between Feenstra and leading opponent and businessman Zach Lahn.
    Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The bear then turned on her, biting and clawing her.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Mammoth Lakes Police said the bear then turned on him.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • But the aircraft’s ditch switch, designed to reduce flooding during a water landing, was widely reported as not being activated, almost certainly because the crew had only seconds to prioritize what mattered most.
    Tim Burns, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • Further analysis indicated that removing certain molecules reshaped the tumor microenvironment and activated several anti-tumor immune responses.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Shots fired near the Colorado-Wyoming border on Monday triggered a massive response from law enforcement agencies in both states after a Wyoming deputy was injured, sheriff’s officials said.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
  • Multiple buildings collapsed in General Santos City, a major port on the populous island of Mindanao, and the quake also triggered deadly landslides and a 3-foot tsunami that hit neighboring islands’ coasts.
    Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Researchers believe chloride-ion batteries could one day support grid-scale storage systems that store electricity generated by wind turbines and solar farms.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • His climate policy push has generated moments of significant blow back from right-leaning politicians and outspoken members of the public, leading political observers to cast green policies as all-but-inevitable instigators of climate backlash.
    Justin Worland, Time, 3 June 2026
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“Kicked over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20over. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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