kickoff

Example Sentences

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USC is still working to identify its top kickoff and punt return options.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Still, his tone is upbeat: “The trial’s going really well. I would love to see the kickoff of Nebraska’s football season.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The NFL’s drastically altered kickoff format grew out of spring football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It was the local chapter’s bimonthly meeting and also a kickoff event for a year during which they planned to build on an already impressive foothold in L.A. politics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

“Ward meetings, v'oter registration, pamphlets, committees. We’ll start the kickoff rally around eightish. I’m on St. Peter Street, the yellow stucco building just off Royal. You can’t iuiss it. Here’s my card.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole