alive and kicking
Example Sentences
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Dude-bro culture is alive and kicking, especially in a highly energized manosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Another of the smaller parties is certainly alive and kicking: Plaid Cymru won both of its target seats at the election, ending up with four in total.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2024
In other words mRNA-recipes of certain proteins show that the viruses are alive and kicking.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024
I thought you had the royals and a few barons with meaningless titles, but actually there’s still aristocrats who are very much alive and kicking in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024
Then, recently, without her even asking, Minerva had confided to Dedd that their old friend was alive and kicking.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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