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as in to debate
to give serious and careful thought to
the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office
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as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions
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as in to kill time
to spend time doing nothing
spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall
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as in to roam
to move about from place to place aimlessly
after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home
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as in to abuse
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around
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Recent Examples of kick around
The twin sisters, 32, kicked around the idea after each went on maternity leave for three months in 2024, yet their business grew nearly eight-fold from $10 million in annual sales to $75 million in annual sales.
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
This is a budget request, likely to be debated and revised and kicked around the halls of Congress before its done.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Brazilian megastar Wagner Moura, who’s spent the last few years kicking around American productions like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Civil War, and Dope Thief, will play Marcelo, a man on the run who hopes to use the cover of Carnival to link up with his son.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 13 May 2025
By 2015, Rateliff had already been kicking around the Colorado music scene for years, playing in several un-Night Sweatsy bands (like the alt-rocking Born in the Flood) and making an unplugged solo record but still feeling directionless.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
This is a budget request, likely to be debated and revised and kicked around the halls of Congress before its done.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Brazilian megastar Wagner Moura, who’s spent the last few years kicking around American productions like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Civil War, and Dope Thief, will play Marcelo, a man on the run who hopes to use the cover of Carnival to link up with his son.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 13 May 2025
By 2015, Rateliff had already been kicking around the Colorado music scene for years, playing in several un-Night Sweatsy bands (like the alt-rocking Born in the Flood) and making an unplugged solo record but still feeling directionless.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick around
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The exact circumstances and fuzzy details of the riot have been debated and researched for decades — including an urban legend that some cadets in College Station attempted to take a howitzer to Waco via a rail car.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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While addressing the overall tax environment and tax treatment of cryptoassets is beyond the scope of any one singular week there are specific items that lawmakers need to keep front of mind as stablecoins and cryptoassets more broadly are debated.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Willits played baseball at Fort Cobb-Broxton High School in Oklahoma.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Rookie Christian Moore has only played in 18 games, but has shown some flashes of brilliance, including a game-tying and then a game-winning home run against the Red Sox late last month.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Such broad, open spaces were essential to the origins of the giant sloths, and so creating wide-open spaces helps spur the evolution of giants to roam such environments.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Norway is home to an embarrassment of perspective-altering landscapes—craggy mountains, beautiful fjords, and dramatic coastlines—making roaming outdoors all the more rewarding.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
10 July 2025
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Overstreet received a $2,700 check from the Ocala Police Department for his nonprofit in 2022, during the same timeframe when he was accused of abusing the teen girl, records show.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Under our nation's laws, our government has the authority to revoke your green card if our laws are broken and abused.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Ventriloquist: Marc Griffiths the ventriloquist will entertain children during a Kids Summer Reading program at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 10 at the Poway Library, 13137 Poway Road.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Mario Lopez and his dimples have been entertaining us for about 40 years.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Those have come from two players: Adrian Morejon of the San Diego Padres, who throws an odd knuckleball-changeup hybrid about 1 percent of the time, and Jonah Bride of the Minnesota Twins, an infielder fooling around with the knuckler in blowouts.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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As Molly and Guy start to fool around, things get hot and heavy, but Ernie has a job to do.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Read a book, breathe deeply or just let your mind wander.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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The shelter added that Captain ended up at Bentonville after a woman found the dog wandering near a road while traveling in Missouri.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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The agency meant to defend against these abuses is being taken apart from the inside.—
Chloe Rogers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Ravaged by dry rot, entire sections of the building were taken apart stone by stone and rebuilt.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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