kick around

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Recent Examples of kick around After breakfast, Rick and Amrita bid each other fond adieu, but that man is still kicking around Samui. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025 He was being kicked around by his father on the stage. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 So it’s been kicking around in his imagination for many, many years. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025 But much of the NL Central seems stagnant, the NL West has the Colorado Rockies to kick around, and the NL East can manhandle the Miami Marlins. Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kick around
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick around
Verb
  • Before the second tribal council, players in David's group debated between either voting out Cedrek McFadden or Shauhin Davari.
    Emily DeLetter, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Kicking things off, Samantha, who had been debating on leaving the show in the previous episode, managed to pull Farmer John, 25, aside for what proved to be a pivotal conversation.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • He's surrounded by a charming and intense stable of doctors, nurses, EMTs, and patients played by Tracy Ifeachor, Shawn Hatosy, Supriya Ganesh, Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, and Taylor Dearden.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Whitaker is played by Gerran Howell, who carried the title role on the CBBC's Young Dracula (2006–2014) before appearing on NBC's Emerald City (2017) and Hulu's adaptation of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (2019).
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The other two dogs, who were able to roam the property, were found alive and taken into care.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The dogs were reported by passersby who alerted the KC Pet Project that dogs appeared to be dumped and roaming the area.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • Authorities subsequently found that the boy and Ruby's 10-year-old daughter had been seriously abused.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Kevin Franke, the father of the children abused by Hildebrandt and his ex-wife, has advocated for more oversight of life coaches since the two women were sent to prison.
    Jessica Schreifels, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In a sweet moment shared by the NBA, Clark was seen entertaining two of White's sons, bringing them into frame to wave at the camera when she was captured on the Jumbotron.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The change is one that has left Morton suitably entertained.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As Molly and Guy start to fool around, things get hot and heavy, but Ernie has a job to do.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Plotwise, four teens who grew up with technology and like to fool around on their laptops invading various verboten sites and having a great time doing it one day happen upon a bright idea.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • On Monday night, a glittering crowd stepped out to celebrate the store’s opening, before heading over to Palazzo Serbelloni to wander through its halls and take in the homewares collection.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That means that future missions to Titan will have a rough time tracking down any solitary microbes that might be wandering about.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • At least until an archivist took another look, setting off a yearslong project to identify and then reassemble the medieval manuscript, which someone in Tudor England had taken apart and used to help hold together a ledger.
    Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • How could the president possibly take apart an administrative agency?
    Jay Cost, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Kick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20around. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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