kicking

Example Sentences

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Wales were straight back under pressure from the restart with Italy winning a penalty and kicking deep into Welsh territory, and despite some better resistance, Ostuni Minuzzi found a way through for her second.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

"A lot of my friends think it's 11 men kicking a ball around a field but it's more than that for us," she said.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Saar yelps in an elevated octave before slipping them on … And not two seconds later kicking them off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Ben Sasse: How are you kicking a cancer patient while he’s down?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

We have a goal at each end of a field, and we kick a ball made of skins, trying to score by kicking the ball into the other team’s goal.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone