kicked in

past tense of kick in

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of kicked in The three-year, $165-million contract extension Doncic signed last year kicked in this season. — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 On Saturday, 50% tariffs on some Canadian imports like wine and dairy kicked in, and on Monday, the president announced 50% tariffs on all Canadian steel and automotive imports starting in January. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Ezeudu was kicked in the back of the leg in the Giants’ preseason game against the Miami Dolphins on Saturday, but the team described him as day to day before the trade. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Shortly after the new 50% tariffs kicked in, Canada's Carney promised retaliation. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 The first plane hit the North Tower as the elevator approached the 65th floor; the car plummeted 15 floors before the emergency brake kicked in. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 Fire leads to confrontation While coordinating where officers would block roads with dispatch, one of the speakers in the audio said a person’s door had been kicked in. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 The First Academy 38, Kathleen 0 TFA showed off its freshman talent in a big way in rolling to a victory in which the Royals scored all 38 points in the first half and pulled the starters after the running clock kicked in. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 The move is partly an attempt to align with the new EU AI Act’s transparency rules that kicked in on August 2. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked in
Verb
  • Information for this article was contributed by Derek Gatopoulos of The Associated Press.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Tom Winter, Emilie Plesset, Cristian Santana, Michelle Acevedo and Dennis Romero contributed.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby Republic of Buryatia, said the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Husted has donated remaining Wexner contributions to an anti-human trafficking charity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Kao and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with more than $40 million a year in government funds.
    — Katie Nixdorf, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Thanks to their efforts, only one car, two Vespas and a motorcycle perished in this flood, Navarrete said.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Hearing that several employees have perished in the Greenland blast, Digger thinks only of salvaging his rig.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Kicked in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20in. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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