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as in surprise
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as in quibbler
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Recent Examples of kicker
Redshirt freshman kicker Daniel Jackson drilled a 51-yard field goal in the first half, which was encouraging after Minnesota was 2 for 7 from 40-plus yards last season.
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
The real kicker of the situation is that the company was set up as a franchise, which would then allow resellers to run the services and turn a profit.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Jerry Jones said the team is in the midst of being more aggressive to create a better squad and pointed to the record signing of kicker Brandon Aubrey as evidence.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
As Dallas went into the 2023 season needing a stable kicker, the team signed Aubrey for a training camp competition with Tristan Vizcaino.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
The real kicker of the situation is that the company was set up as a franchise, which would then allow resellers to run the services and turn a profit.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Jerry Jones said the team is in the midst of being more aggressive to create a better squad and pointed to the record signing of kicker Brandon Aubrey as evidence.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
As Dallas went into the 2023 season needing a stable kicker, the team signed Aubrey for a training camp competition with Tristan Vizcaino.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicker
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Back barring a surprise Marco Kasper Kasper’s second NHL season didn’t go according to plan, with his production dropping from 37 points as a rookie to 19 this season.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The superstars’ set list didn’t deviate too far from their previous shows on the trek, but there were some surprises during the encore.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2026
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York and Rochdale issued a statement before kick-off, arguing that the quota should be increased from two to three, in line with the EFL’s three divisions.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Top with sea salt for an additional salty kick.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
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Because Hunt knows that McCartney has heard that several times a day for 50 years, and such revelations are at minimum uninteresting and often invasive for a mega-celebrity.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Broward School Board plans to consider an outside investigation, more training and more oversight in response to the revelation that the district’s logo and $150 in district money were used in connection to a Democratic fundraiser.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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CopyFail is particularly severe because it can be exploited with a single piece of exploit code—released in Wednesday’s disclosure—that works across all vulnerable distributions with no modification.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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In response, Spotify announced plans last fall to implement clearer AI disclosures in song credits, along with stricter impersonation rules.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Simply position a tray next to the stove to hold bottles of oil and vinegar, a salt cellar, and, if the tray is large enough, a crock of kitchen tools.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, even today, the Crock-Pot brand still produces many slow-cooker products with removable oven-safe stoneware crocks.—
Callie Sumlin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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Fernando Mendoza will go to the Las Vegas Raiders unless there's some sort of last-minute shocking development bombshell that nobody saw coming.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Here are the 10 biggest bombshells from the WWE legend's final interview.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The most explicit objector was Vance, who has been consistently opposed to foreign adventurism, and to this Iran war in particular.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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But that decision has now been overruled after Haley and a second objector appealed it to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Kicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicker. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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