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"I couldn't kick a football to save my life, so it seemed a really good fit. I took to it immediately," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Mets began the season with an even bigger payroll than L.A.’s and has done nothing but make New York City want to kick a tin can down the street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“If we take a bite of that apple of knowledge, is that what’s going to kick us out of this blue marble of Eden … that we call Earth?”

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

You have many sources of income during those pre-Social Security years, prior to when your required minimum distributions kick in when you hit your 70s.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

I could skip Cully’s place, but I’d kick myself hard if I ended up missing a Wonder.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

This column kicks off a three-part podcast series featuring Nicole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The economic calendar kicks off Monday with a reading on the manufacturing sector, which is expected to show expansion for a seventh consecutive month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

While the opening ceremony kicks off 12:00 BST, external, the event will continue into the evening with performances by Goitse, Blackwater Céilí Band and Sharon Shannon.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

In 2027, Ibeyi will embark on a North American tour, which kicks off Jan. 27 at the Fillmore in San Francisco and includes a stop at Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on Jan. 29.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Then he kicks the tractor into full speed, by which I mean about ten miles an hour.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The awards stuff hasn’t really kicked into overdrive yet, so it hasn’t been too much of a distraction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

He became so excited about a new sense of freedom he feels in the second movement that he leaned back in his chair and kicked his white sneakers in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

TAIPEI—Taiwan kicked off 10 days of military and civil defense exercises on Wednesday, advancing its strategy for deterring a Chinese invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Deutsche Bank analysts anticipate that Microsoft’s free cash flow could drop near breakeven levels in its 2027 fiscal year, which has just kicked off.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Together, they kicked beneath the surface, swimming down, deeper and deeper: the lake seemed to have no end.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But an even bigger fight is at hand: whether these halts on buildouts will eventually lead to permanent bans, or whether elected officials are just kicking the clankers down the road.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Green Day recently opened the Super Bowl just outside its Bay Area hometown, kicking off before Bad Bunny played a historic halftime show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

It is accelerating plans for a fall initial public offering, kicking off meetings with potential investors in which it has emphasized its lead over the ChatGPT-maker, according to people familiar with those talks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The final was barely a contest with Hunter Bell setting the pace and then kicking on with 200m to go to win by more than a second.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The scream builds inside, and I start kicking the leaves, the tree trunks, whatever is in my way until I slip and collapse onto a stump.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz