kicks
Example Sentences
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A staff member trims the wicks on a pair of carrot birthday candles, $22.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
“As soon as it gets sweaty and wet, it actually wicks heat away from your body and makes you feel really cold and clammy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Many centres use evaporative cooling systems, where water absorbs heat and evaporates - similar to how sweat wicks away heat from our bodies.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025
They function through capillary action -- the very phenomena by which a spilled liquid on the kitchen table spontaneously wicks into the paper towel used to wipe it up.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
For the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was nothing if not thousands upon thousands of unlit wicks waiting for flame.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
