kick over

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Recent Examples of kick over What actually happens if every department kicked over $100,000 to El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, thereby doubling its $2-million budget? Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025 Francis De Vries looped his kick over the congregated hoard and toward the far post, just beyond the goalkeeper’s hopeful reach. Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 In the penultimate episode of Season 3 of The White Lotus, Rick confronts his father's killer Jim Hollinger, brandishes his gun, decides not to commit murder, kicks over the old man's chair, and finds closure. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 31 Mar. 2025 The 2023 review found that 18.9 million people born in 1920 or earlier had not been reported dead nor kicked over to the death master file. Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kick over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over
Verb
  • The department refused to turn over a statement for Devalkenaere and issue one for McQuillen, according to Baker.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
  • Just 30 minutes later, Boasberg sought assurances that no one on the flights had gotten off the planes or were turned over to Salvadoran authorities to be housed in their most notorious prison.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 July 2025
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  • That month was when scientists reported that the earth’s temperature had suddenly begun not just to climb but to spike—the days around the solstice were the hottest ever measured, setting off a run of record-smashing heat that continues to this day.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
  • With personal tutor Bjorn (Michael Cera) in tow, the trio set off on a globetrotting adventure to achieve Korda's epic mission.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • And that is touching off intense anger among progressive politicians and the local environmental community.
    Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • But even before the pandemic touched off this current period of upheaval, businesses' technical skill requirements were already rapidly evolving.
    Elaine Pulakos, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • The couple successfully activate the code and crawl through a tunnel to freedom, only to discover that the entire city has been sealed inside the same black brick structures.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • When activated, the harpoon is ejected, penetrates under the skin, and venom is released.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Every few years, the video game industry invents what many people expect to become the future of play—VR headsets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and currently, non-player characters (NPCs) powered by large language models (LLMs).
    Ben Kim, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Warehouse demand has struggled to fill excess space built up since those lows, which were powered by a red-hot market characterized by record e-commerce growth that had everyone in retail looking for more storage space.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a lower court order that blocked sweeping layoffs of federal workers at nearly two dozen agencies while a legal battle over President Trump's plans to drastically cut the size of the government moves forward.
    July 8, CBS News, 8 July 2025
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20over. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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