as in altercation
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
after their last kickup, they didn't speak to each other for a week
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Recent Examples of kickup
Our Mustang had the Mach 1 Handling package, which raised its price by $3750 but earned its keep with gloriously sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, a rear spoiler with a cute Gurney kickup, and adjustable strut mounts.
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Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022
Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kickup
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Jamie Foxx is thanking fans for their support after an altercation at his birthday dinner this weekend required him to get stitches.Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Things got worse for Curtis, who was arrested and charged with assault because of his altercation with assistant DA Daniels.Barry Levitt, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how to manage US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Research has distinguished between three simple strategies to deal with neighbor disputes: avoidance of the party whose behavior is experienced as unneighborly; confronting the neighbor face-to-face; and relying on a third party to sort out the issue, e.g. the landlord or even police.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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That’s the main quarrel of opponents of such conservation projects.Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Experts at the conference floated the possibility that the aquatic quarrel could make its way to the Supreme Court, though that’s viewed as a crisis that should be averted.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The controversy began after negotiations over the 2025 agreements failed, prompting the teams to file their legal dispute on October 2, 2024, in the Western District of North Carolina.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Welcome to the heated and ongoing controversy about this weighty matter.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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This debate is over trucks, but another fight is coming.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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The potential risk of a constitutional convention has set the stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Event Highlights: Better Workplaces: How to Foster Inclusion and Civility By Aman Kidwai Workplaces Editor 1 The latest episode of Newsweek's Horizons podcast explores the challenge of rising political disagreement in the workplace.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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There is some disagreement in the scientific community over the question of how climate change will affect plant health and groundwater availability across a variety of biomes, with competing models and approaches providing different answers.Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sargeant allegedly slashed the man across his left wrist following an argument.Stepheny Price, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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At one point, Gi-Hun and the Front Man get into an argument about whether the game reflects the worst aspects of modern life, or is contributing to making things worse.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
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However, some parts of China’s economy have shown signs of a recovery, with manufacturing activity expanding for two months in a row and hitting a five-month high in November.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
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But Young and the Panthers picked themselves up and went on for a 20-17 overtime win, handing the Giants their fifth loss in a row during a skid that has since reached 10 games.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Kickup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kickup. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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