kick
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New travel rules for UK visitors kick in - how are you affected?
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
And France’s Kylian Mbappé still doesn’t understand why he was made to stand around for 3 minutes and 11 seconds during a review of an obvious penalty kick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"But explosives don't fall into that category and that's where safeguards should kick in, and they haven't," Juelich told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
McGregor's knee appeared to give way when he missed with his first attempted roundhouse kick in the opening seconds.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
I kick it all down, which makes me feel powerful and is totally satisfying at first.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Open, which kicks off in New York on Aug. 30, and where she will likely face another series of tricky hurdles on her path to a Grand Slam win.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Plus, Jason Gay on the U.S. loss and why is Lionel Messi so bad at penalty kicks?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ben Earl and Freeman were both close to claiming clever kicks ahead with the tryline close at hand, with Jack van Poortvliet bringing some of the zip that was sorely absent in Johannesburg.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The American version kicks off with the one-two-three punch of “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” “Yesterday’s Papers” and “Ruby Tuesday” and doesn’t let up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ben-Ben stands back up and kicks the bottom of my cleat.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
As part of GKIDS’ annual Studio Ghibli Fest, which kicked off in June, you can enjoy theatrical re-releases of some of his most famous works.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Peers who fail to turn up regularly enough to the House of Lords could be kicked out of Parliament, under new committee proposals.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Tech borrowing only kicked off in earnest last fall, when the megacap Big Tech companies known as hyperscalers started to voraciously issue debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Knoll has written romantic scenes before, but “Helpless” needed to be enthralling and economic enough not to get her kicked off of Target’s bookshelves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
I'm sweating and shaking and the whole school is staring at me, and I cannot believe I kicked the garbage can.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
“Lots of people say, ‘They’ll have to take me out of my home kicking and screaming,’” Loverde said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
As Dan Kois illustrates in this ode to kicking back with friends, spending unstructured time together is a blessedly simple cure to the ills of modern life.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Right-footed kickers get more power and accuracy when kicking to their left.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
England will return to Azteca Stadium on Sunday to take on World Cup co-host Mexico in a round-of-16 match kicking off at 5 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Belle trudges, kicking up dust, snow, stomping over frozen dead grass.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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