kick in
Example Sentences
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"But how they handled it was the kick in the teeth."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The hangup was when a tax of 130 Canadian dollars a tonne, or the equivalent of about $95, would kick in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
“As our key growth drivers of co-packaged optics and optical circuit switches begin to kick in, we would expect further increases in earnings power.”
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
It was in that moment that the weight of what he’d seen hit him like a kick in the stomach.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
