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kick

[kik] / kɪk /


VERB
hit with foot
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VERB
quit a habit
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ET on Thursday, Mexico will take on South Africa to kick off this five-week, 104-match fiesta.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

However, if users ask Fable about sensitive issues such as a bioweapon or exploiting a software bug, it will kick them back to the older Opus 4.8 version of the Claude chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

For the 5,500 local fans with tickets to attend -- the lucky ones among a lottery entered by 33,000 -- optimism for the tournament about to kick off in their backyard was even brighter.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Henry Slade's booming kick into the corner in the 2017 Premiership semi-final got plenty of airtime in the build-up to the latest instalment of Saracens and Exeter's rivalry.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

I kick the ball as hard as I can into the net.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins




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