kick over
Example Sentences
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Captain Yves Bissouma, the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, blazed Mali's first kick over the bar, but Ali Abdi then missed for Tunisia before Eagles goalkeeper Djigui Diarra saved two further penalties and Toure won it.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
Wales wing Adams should have closed Italy's 16-3 lead just before half-time but failed to gather Tomos Williams' clever kick over the line.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
The Sounders striker floated a penalty kick over keeper Oliver Semmle, who was snared by the Panenka, and celebrated with an infectious head bob down the endline of Subaru Park in Chester, Pa.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Chaplin was sharing a table with Russian aristocrats and violinist Jascha Heifetz and saw Julian and his buddies kick over a lamp and generally behave like ruffians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Finding bugs was easy, all you had to do was kick over a rock.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
