How to Use kicker in a Sentence

kicker

noun
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  • The real kicker came when the chairman announced that he was quitting.
  • The kicker would still plant a tee at the 35-yard line.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The kicker remains back on the other half of the field with the ball teed up at the 35-yard line.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But here’s the kicker: As the price of bonds go up when lots of people buy them, yields go down.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The kicker made up for it with his go-ahead field goal later in the quarter.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Here’s a look at kickers and punters to watch this fall.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Three kickers were drafted over the three days by NFL teams.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • From the Washington Post, a story on the rise of kickers.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • My first thought is the score and situation had more to do with it than the kicker.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker then kicked a field goal to win the game 38-35.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The real kicker is that silver ore was buried in the area where the Romans were digging.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
  • After a safety, the kicker will be required to kick off from his own 20.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • With 35 seconds left, Chiefs star kicker Jan Stenerud was wide right from 42 yards out.
    — Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Harbaugh sent James Turner out for his first field goal attempt of the game, and the kicker hooked the 49-yard attempt wide left.
    — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made Moody’s stay in the record book a short one.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • While Bond has been a decent kicker, there aren’t many options to replace him in the instance of a bad game.
    — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Here’s the kicker: players are still required to pay for tickets.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Rams were let down again by kicker Brett Maher, who missed field-goal attempts of 53 and 51 yards, and an extra point.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • And here’s the kicker: Every single unit comes with a full-size terrace and a private plunge pool.
    — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Maybe the Niners should have traded Lance for a kicker … though that’s not an area where Dallas could have helped them.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Every kicker has a routine in the seconds before a try.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Prices for the two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath homes will start at $4 million, and the kicker is that each comes completely furnished.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But here's the real kicker – the support for these changes has taken a nosedive, going from a whopping 76% to a measly 44% in the same time frame.
    — Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • He was named the first-team kicker in each publication.
    — Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 14 July 2023
  • Here’s the kicker: The corn is popped in olive oil and made without gluten, soy, high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, peanuts or tree nuts.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • And Belichick's most recent kicker pick, 2020 fifth-rounder Justin Rohrwasser, was a whiff.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • For his career, Prater has made 80 field goals from 50 yards or beyond – the most of any kicker in NFL history.
    — The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The kicker in this study is that Platt studied their eyeballs and pupils, and when they were dilated, a deal was more likely.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Colts secured the best kicker on the market for the next four seasons, giving them a long-term answer at a critical spot.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Baltimore kicker Justin Tucker, one of the best ever, nailed the honor again.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024

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