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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over
Verb
  • According to the agreement, those funds were delivered to the District Attorney’s Office and then were turned over to the archdiocese’s legal counsel.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The owners agreed to turn over a chunk of their future sales to Woodmere as payback.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Authorities said in July that income and gains from overseas trusts owned by Chinese tax residents would be taxed at 20%, setting off a scramble for cash and alternative structures.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • As Prue and Curtis struggle to unravel the twisty lore of the obstacle-laden forest in their search for Mac, their outsider presence inadvertently sets off a long-festering showdown for control of the forest between its warring factions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The meeting touched off a month of around-the-clock calls and video conferences.
    — Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s tariffs on Canada, for example, have touched off a trade war with one of the United States’ closest allies.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • National groups such as Indivisible and MoveOn are activating their own expansive networks.
    — STEVE PEOPLES, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Simply activate the offer and earn rewards on related spending.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • South Korea's growth has been largely supported by exports of semiconductors as demand for chips to power the AI boom continues.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Dianese Most vests include a chunky battery to power the accident detection and deployment system.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Those offseason moves, combined with the injuries, have withered the depth that had allowed Presti to be patient in trade negotiations during previous seasons, without feeling a need to make splashy midseason acquisitions.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But Florida has decisively moved beyond an educational system dominated by a single operator — the school district — and toward a new construct where multiple operators provide choices for families.
    — Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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