kicking

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Kicking and screaming, they won matches they looked like they weren't going to win, dug out key goals in the dying seconds, triumphed over their own mediocrity at times, driven on by Martin O'Neill.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Kicking everybody’s butts and driving everyone up the wall.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 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 the jagged glass still clinging to the front window, I shimmied inside.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman