kicks
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This column kicks off a three-part podcast series featuring Nicole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“I think this is really when the quote that baseball is 90% mental and 10% physical kicks in because that game’s going to be a lot,” Apgar said of the Saturday opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Hand-eye coordination, tracking and locating balls, leaping down low or up high, and attacking the ball at corner kicks, that translates very well," Traore says.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The catch: In order for the HSA to grow so you can use it in retirement, you have to pay a large portion of your healthcare expenses out of pocket before your insurance kicks in.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
A stray rock kicks out from Dr. Martin’s tire and tings Frank’s gleaming white beast of a truck.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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