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dropkick



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kick
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Baltimore tried to get the ball back with a rare dropkick, but the Chiefs calmly called for a fair catch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

The Ravens tried to get the ball back with a rare dropkick, but Chiefs rookie Mecole Hardman calmly signaled for a fair catch.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

Who else but Kung Fu Kenny for this action film meant to dropkick historical trauma with a kinetic pivot to utopian possibility?

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2018

Belichick has also pulled out the dropkick, the pooch punt and the intentional safety.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2015

Ranchers once content to breed any bull that leaped around now turned to outcrossing and in-vitro fertilization to select specific behaviors: the dropkick, the side spin, the twisting belly roll.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014




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