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as in kick
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as in quibbler
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Recent Examples of kicker
And, here’s the kicker, and the most annoying part: They are served in cardboard boxes, which makes eating them at a table inelegant at best.
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
Jonathan Kim, kicker, Michigan State Kim went 19-for-21 on field goals last season, including a long of 55 yards.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
But here's the kicker: college was significantly cheaper in the 1980s.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The only kicker is that WD-40 needs to be handled with extreme caution.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
Jonathan Kim, kicker, Michigan State Kim went 19-for-21 on field goals last season, including a long of 55 yards.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
But here's the kicker: college was significantly cheaper in the 1980s.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The only kicker is that WD-40 needs to be handled with extreme caution.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicker
Noun
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Try a rich and creamy chocolate-avocado pudding, enjoy a refreshing snack of watermelon with Greek yogurt and a sprinkle of fresh mint, or whip up some sweet and spicy candied sweet potatoes for something savory with a kick.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
20 May 2025
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Stewart, a right-hander with the same height and similar frame as Sunday’s Yankee starter Max Fried, used a short leg kick and delivered to catcher J.C. Escarra.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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The suggestion came as a surprise, Grace said, considering the union was fighting for an additional 1% salary raise this year just before last Wednesday’s budget announcement.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2025
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There are no tongue-scorching surprises at La Catracha.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2025
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Perhaps most alarming to independent producers is the revelation that Channel 4 intends to house both its commissioning team and the new in-house production unit in the same physical space.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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The sources said the OEM team sent out the evacuation order to west Altadena soon after it was ordered to do so — a revelation that appears to rest the blame on county fire or sheriff officials.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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So limited oven usage, lots of fridge space, a grill outside, slow cooker, crock pot inside.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 May 2025
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After two more storytellers, the evening starts to wind down and people are pulling on coats and gathering their ladles and crock pots.—
Caitlin Shetterly,
NPR,
7 May 2025
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Bruce said the debt should have appeared as a liability on the union’s annual financial disclosures to the Department of Labor.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Healey also targeted unit price disclosure regulations that require grocery and retail stores to display information about products in a certain way.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2025
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Ventura, a key witness for the prosecution, was 8½ months pregnant during her testimony and made several bombshell accusations about events taking place during her 11-year relationship with Combs.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The bombshell move comes as students from around the world were preparing to attend Harvard, the oldest university in the US and one of the nation’s most prestigious.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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In contrast, pessimists often miss opportunities by holding cash.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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The power basketball conferences have dominated, and because power means football, and football means money, specifically more NIL money to use as tokens for players to use the NCAA transfer portal, pessimists see the mid-majors such as San Diego State on life support.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Goosed along by Cliff Martinez’s ghostly electronic score, Soderbergh taps into our collective inner hypochondriac, making every character’s sniffle or rubbed eye bristle with potential danger.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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To position Cohn in bed next to Trump, a notorious hypochondriac, highlights their strained relationship as Trump rose and Cohn fell in New York high society.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Kicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicker. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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