kick in

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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 has also made use of "fiscal drag" by freezing the thresholds at which higher tax rates kick in - meaning that as pay goes up, more earnings are taxed at higher rates.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

And although admiring Joe Mondragon, they also thought he was a jerk—you had to be loco to ask for a kick in the ass like that.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols