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kicking



NOUN
drop kick
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Podcast host and former White House adviser Katie Miller posted on social media that "Pam has been quietly kicking cancer's ass the last few weeks", adding that Bondi "has a heart of gold".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

And as the primary’s final stretch nears, the campaigns are kicking into high gear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

"A lot of my friends think it's 11 men kicking a ball around a field but it's more than that for us," she said.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

BEIJING—President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reunited on Thursday morning in Beijing, kicking off a summit centered on improving their economic relationship, as the war in Iran and U.S. commitment to Taiwan loom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

We have a goal at each end of a field, and we kick a ball made of skins, trying to score by kicking the ball into the other team’s goal.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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