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Recent Examples of kick over
Beijing may want to displace the United States from the center of the global economy, but that is a different matter from wanting to kick over the table altogether.
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Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2023
The story takes place in Louisville, Ky., where a group of teenage punks partying in a graveyard come face to face with the aftermath of two youths accidentally kicking over a barrel in a top-secret government facility.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
One of them was charged with disturbing the peace, a 90-day misdemeanor, for kicking over flags of the pro-Israel counterprotesters and with ethnic intimidation, a misdemeanor with a maximum one-year sentence.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
Their first interaction on a Boston rooftop is almost a meet-cute — except that Lily’s dad died just a few days prior, and Ryle’s carrying his own grief and enough emotional anguish to kick over a chair.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
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Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2023
The story takes place in Louisville, Ky., where a group of teenage punks partying in a graveyard come face to face with the aftermath of two youths accidentally kicking over a barrel in a top-secret government facility.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
One of them was charged with disturbing the peace, a 90-day misdemeanor, for kicking over flags of the pro-Israel counterprotesters and with ethnic intimidation, a misdemeanor with a maximum one-year sentence.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
Their first interaction on a Boston rooftop is almost a meet-cute — except that Lily’s dad died just a few days prior, and Ryle’s carrying his own grief and enough emotional anguish to kick over a chair.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over
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The children, meanwhile, have been turned over to a relative via Child Protective Services.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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About 30% of the staff at Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services that oversees benefits enrollment and employment verification had turned over between 2017 and 2022, according to state data.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
19 Feb. 2025
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How Venezuela Helps Fuel Colombian Violence: A decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.—
Atul Loke,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The tragicomedy follows a grieving widower who sets off on an epic quest to find the truth about a mysterious photo left behind by his deceased wife.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: The win touched off celebrations throughout the city.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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Against Memphis in the Maui Invitational championship game, watch how Auburn gets Broome an easy paint touch off a flex cut: One way Burgomaster has enhanced Auburn’s offense is by tweaking the Tigers’ entries into their flex actions.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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The referral agent is also voice activated and calls patients to connect them with the right specialists.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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When their neurons were activated by the light, the mice ate much smaller meals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Feb. 2025
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Markets shrug off tariff fears U.S. stocks rose on Monday, powered by major tech names and as traders looked past the latest U.S. tariff threat from President Donald Trump.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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In November, a record price at auction was set by a work created for a robot powered by AI.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Besides agriculture, Priam also moves steel, flat deck freight, and various industrial materials, serving manufacturers and suppliers across North America.—
William Mullane,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The star system could also be moving towards or away from Earth.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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