kicking

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Kicking off the start of festival season at the end of May, Big Weekend's weather conditions are usually mixed.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Irsay and his family set up a recovery charity called Kicking the Stigma in 2022.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Kicking him out will not win the war, but damn it if we won’t keep watching until that happens.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Kicking off the race among tech giants to get ahead of this shift, OpenAI released its Instant Checkout feature last fall, which lets users buy stuff directly through its chatbot ChatGPT.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Kicking off her buckled shoes and dropping the woolen cloak, she plunged headlong over the side of the boat.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare