kickabout
Americannoun
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kickabouts
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But this is not a kickabout in the local park or a schools' match.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
He even met his wife while playing a coed kickabout in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Now, three years earlier than doctors predicted, he is enjoying a kickabout in his first pair of football boots.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022
So equality in the game is a long way off - but a league that started as a kickabout between friends will continue to strive for it.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2022
He’d been having a kickabout earlier with two other boys, but now he was alone, juggling the ball about in the air.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Children and adults alike have kickabouts — some in organized matches at the grassroots level and others just for the fun of it on dirt roads and beaches.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
The lush green lawn at the back of the house was once worn bare by the teen's kickabouts.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2022
And the football was not just kickabouts in the yard.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2015
It set the stage for the Christmas truce and those magic kickabouts.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2014
Most infectious of all was his clear fondness for the game, always playing with a smile on his face and treating auspicious occasions as if they were kickabouts in the local park.
From Time ● Feb. 6, 2013
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