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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked over
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After leaving the sorority house as upperclassmen, Couch and Mogen lived together at an off-campus home on King Road before Couch graduated early and turned over her lease to Kernodle, who moved in to take her place.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026 -
The investigation was supposedly initiated by the Orlando Police Department and later turned over to state authorities.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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As the contentious hearing unfolded in Washington, an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good hundreds of miles away on the streets of Minneapolis, setting off what would become weeks of unrelenting protests and lawsuits against the administration.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Jane sets off for law school, while her brother heads to the police academy.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the immediate aftermath of the finale versus Canada, the nationwide celebration also touched off some controversy of its own.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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During the war, Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic ordered the ethnic cleansing of the majority Albanians in Kosovo, burning villages and forcing some 700,000 Kosovo Albanians to seek refuge in neighboring Albania, which touched off NATO intervention.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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After each set of waves, the control room would repeat the test, only with the turbulence-dampening software turned on this time.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The women aren’t on board; Padilla’s character tries to be turned on, but the blood gets in the way (and having dragged himself over to her via toilet plumber doesn’t help).—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2026
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Murphy walks his dog daily near the intersection of Geary and 7th, where the SFMTA activated one of 33 speed safety cameras across the city last March.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The drone unit – Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS) – was activated in the Middle East late last year, a CENTCOM statement said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Europe and Asian economies could be hit by a prolonged surge in natural gas prices triggered by the ongoing war in the Middle East, analysts have warned.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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If no candidate reaches that threshold, a runoff election will be triggered between the top two vote getters in May.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Starting in 2013, however, China’s growth began to stall and the government’s altered its policies to move away from the heavy industries that generated most of the country’s coal demand.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Every year, the data generated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ survey of households is synced up with fuller estimates from the Census Bureau.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Kicked over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20over. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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