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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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Although Silverman’s play has been kicking around regional theaters for the last decade, the role of Sharon seems tailor-made for Farrow’s wry and genial presence.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
And then the minute that idea kicked around the table between all of us and all these writers and the text and actual science, that card went up on the bulletin board very quickly.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Despite kicking around ideas for various post-high school jobs, ranging from working on a shrimp boat to becoming a welder, Chadwick says her cousin was ultimately leaning toward enlisting in the military.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
Early estimates kicking around the Hill suggest those provisions would massively outweigh possible increases in oil and gas production and exports.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
And then the minute that idea kicked around the table between all of us and all these writers and the text and actual science, that card went up on the bulletin board very quickly.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Despite kicking around ideas for various post-high school jobs, ranging from working on a shrimp boat to becoming a welder, Chadwick says her cousin was ultimately leaning toward enlisting in the military.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
Early estimates kicking around the Hill suggest those provisions would massively outweigh possible increases in oil and gas production and exports.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick around
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Sports fans, commentators and even athletics directors are openly debating the feasibility of whether college athletes could organize and collectively bargain in the future.Karen Weaver, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Life’s too short to debate how a person enjoys his or her meals.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Lord played basketball at Combs High School in San Tan Valley.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Videos taken by Johnston on the day of the attack that were later played in court showed the actor using a metal bike rack to scale a wall, using a Donald Trump billboard as a blunt shield against police officers, and joking about his fellow rioters attacking the police.EW.com, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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These bears are adaptable and can be spotted roaming through forests, swamps and, sometimes, even suburban areas.Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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At least 30 million roamed the western United States in 1800; by 1890, 60 million head of cattle had taken their place.Hannah Cutting-Jones, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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When the Brazilian was racially abused at the Mestalla in Valencia back in May 2023, the ground's lower tier was closed for five matches later reduced to three, while a trio of fans were sentenced to eight months in prison and banned from attending matches there for life.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Ketamine is a legal medication commonly used as an anesthetic, but is also abused recreationally for its calming and dissociative effects.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Dream Theater has been entertaining millions of fans for almost 40 years now.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Old Town Music Hall While not exactly in L.A. proper, Old Town Music Hall has been entertaining patrons in El Segundo, California since 1968 and is home to one of the last functioning Wurlitzer pipe organs housed in a movie theater.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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Why fool around with a convention that everyone understood and practiced?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Flashbacks peppered throughout the first several episodes reveal that Yasmin caught her father fooling around with a pregnant woman on the boat.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
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To settle in for the show, wander along to Café Hafa.Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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And George wandering past shops where a mural of masters and slaves makes the nation’s colonialist legacy seem quaint.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s statecraft is a response to a changing world and to demand signals from the U.S. electorate, not a capricious effort to take apart the world that the United States made.Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2024
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Time took apart the mountains, and rain dissolved most of the minerals in them, but the quartz remained.Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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“Kick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20around. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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