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as in to debate
to give serious and careful thought to
the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office
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as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions
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as in to kill time
to spend time doing nothing
spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall
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as in to roam
to move about from place to place aimlessly
after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home
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as in to abuse
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around
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Recent Examples of kick around
Prescott is played by the ten-year-old Tom Sweet, a first-time actor who was spotted by casting agents while kicking around a soccer ball with his friends in London.
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Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
The idea of a solid-state transformer has been kicking around in academia and industry for years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
The inline-six — now enlarged to 2.8 liters — was still kicking around, but the first true S-Class also saw more widespread use of V-8s, which started at 3.5 liters and 197 hp but quickly grew to 4.5 liters and 222 ponies.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
Multiple options are being kicked around among Trump allies to tighten the interpretation, keenly aware that any action would likely be legally challenged and eventually land before the Supreme Court.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
The idea of a solid-state transformer has been kicking around in academia and industry for years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
The inline-six — now enlarged to 2.8 liters — was still kicking around, but the first true S-Class also saw more widespread use of V-8s, which started at 3.5 liters and 197 hp but quickly grew to 4.5 liters and 222 ponies.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
Multiple options are being kicked around among Trump allies to tighten the interpretation, keenly aware that any action would likely be legally challenged and eventually land before the Supreme Court.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick around
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Officials are also debating possible new homebuilding regulations, including rezoning for lower housing density in especially fire-prone areas, and expediting a set of forthcoming standards for removing debris, flammable vegetation and wooden fences from the perimeters of homes.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Candidates for Evanston mayor and City Council debated what the next four years, and the next 20 years, should look like in the city at a forum hosted at the former site of Second Church of Christ on Feb. 9.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Players who for years were starved for the chance to play meaningful games on behalf of their country now would be able to face-off for international bragging rights.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
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The legacy of the British Q-ships During World War I, more than 200 Q-ships—and perhaps as many as 400—roamed the seas.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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As nocturnal creatures, this provides them with a comfortable space to freely roam about.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2025
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The suit alleged Combs raped, drugged and physically abused her, the latter claim being supported by a 2016 hotel video obtained and released by CNN last year of the music producer dragging and hitting the singer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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While fentanyl is not widely abused in Mexico, methamphetamine addiction is commonplace.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The People’s Open The WM Green Scene was a hugely popular area for on-course public engagement offering fun, interactive family-friendly activities that educate and entertain.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Last Showgirl: Plot, Cast, Run Time Directed by Gia Coppola (Mainstream, Palo Alto), The Last Showgirl follows Shelly Gardner (Pamela Anderson), a long-serving showgirl who has to abruptly plan for her future after her show comes to a close after 30 years of entertaining tourists in Las Vegas.—
Rudie Obias,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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While Mark and Helly were fooling around, Helly wasn’t fulfilling her promise to go get the directions Irving left tucked behind Dylan’s motivational poster.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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Louie's owner's TikTok account is full of the dog up to mischief, digging in the garden with his owner, watching TV, playing fetch, fooling around in the snow, and undergoing training.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Thirty years earlier, in 1995, on the weekend before Quebec’s second referendum on independence, my family and I went to Montreal to wander the city, to try to sense what Quebeckers were feeling, but mostly just to be there.—
Ken Dryden,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles, and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from faraway.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hamas has shown little appetite to take apart its military wing or send its Gaza leaders into exile.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The restoration took roughly a year: The car was completely taken apart and put back together with new or refurbished parts, including the engine and wood panels that made up much of the frame.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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