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as in kick
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as in quibbler
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Recent Examples of kicker
From 2020 to 2024, 11 kickers were selected in the draft.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
Since 2021, all 10 kickers taken in the NFL draft played at a Power Conference school.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
Gang Green currently has two kickers on its roster: rookie Caden Davis and Anders Carlson.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Special teams are often overlooked, but the Sun Devils had unreliable field goal kickers last season, which makes the addition of Gomez, who hit 20 of 25 attempts in 2024, significant.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
Since 2021, all 10 kickers taken in the NFL draft played at a Power Conference school.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
Gang Green currently has two kickers on its roster: rookie Caden Davis and Anders Carlson.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Special teams are often overlooked, but the Sun Devils had unreliable field goal kickers last season, which makes the addition of Gomez, who hit 20 of 25 attempts in 2024, significant.
—Antonio Morales, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicker
Noun
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Both are generously sized, boating succulent fillings and a kick of heat that’s just right.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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Cage’s haunted delivery, contrasting powerfully with Knell’s anxious, terrified giggling, gives the scene a metaphysical kick.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 May 2025
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Even still, King says that being chosen for Reese’s Book Club was a surprise.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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This strike, as far east as Siberia and as far north as the Arctic, was only a surprise insofar as Ukrainian security forces cleverly organized it in a way that the Russians could not effectively counter.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks star in this juicy domestic thriller where every revelation brings new questions about what really happened the night of the murder.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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Aziza is, in many ways, the audience surrogate, which requires Young to really be present with her venom-spewing costars as new lies and revelations are unfurled.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Wilson mainly sold jugs, churns, crocks and cemetery flower jars.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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Usually, it’s whisked off to the dining table—either in a butter bell, crock, or dish—already softened to the perfect spreadable texture.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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Bruce said the debt should have appeared as a liability on the union’s annual financial disclosures to the Department of Labor.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Healey also targeted unit price disclosure regulations that require grocery and retail stores to display information about products in a certain way.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2025
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Ventura, a key witness for the prosecution, was 8½ months pregnant during her testimony and made several bombshell accusations about events taking place during her 11-year relationship with Combs.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The bombshell move comes as students from around the world were preparing to attend Harvard, the oldest university in the US and one of the nation’s most prestigious.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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In contrast, pessimists often miss opportunities by holding cash.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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The power basketball conferences have dominated, and because power means football, and football means money, specifically more NIL money to use as tokens for players to use the NCAA transfer portal, pessimists see the mid-majors such as San Diego State on life support.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Goosed along by Cliff Martinez’s ghostly electronic score, Soderbergh taps into our collective inner hypochondriac, making every character’s sniffle or rubbed eye bristle with potential danger.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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To position Cohn in bed next to Trump, a notorious hypochondriac, highlights their strained relationship as Trump rose and Cohn fell in New York high society.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Kicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicker. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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