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kick·ing and scream·ing

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  1. kicking and screamingadverb

    With extreme reluctance.

Wikipedia

  1. Kicking and Screaming

    Kicking and Screaming is a song by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend, the song was released as the second single from their fourth album, Memory and Humanity, released on 28 September 2008. A video for the single directed by Nicholas (Nick) Bartleet and cinematographed by Eric Maddison made its debut on 9 August 2008. The song is Funeral for a Friend's lowest ever charting single, debuting at #116 in the UK, when all other singles reached the top 40, although Rules and Games failed to even make the top 200 in 2009. Unlike most of the other songs on the album, Kicking and Screaming is leaned towards a much more alternative rock sound.

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  1. Kicking and Screaming

    Kicking and Screaming is a 1995 film by Noah Baumbach about a group of college graduates who refuse to move on with their lives, each in his own peculiar way. The film stars Josh Hamilton, Chris Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, and features Eric Stoltz, Olivia d'Abo and Parker Posey. Much of the film was shot at Occidental College. It premiered in 1995 at the New York Film Festival to critical acclaim. Baumbach was chosen as one of Newsweek's "Ten New Faces of 1996". The film appeared in several "Top Ten" lists, and had a lengthy run playing on the Sundance Film Channel. The Criterion Collection DVD was released August 22, 2006 in the U.S.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kicking and screaming in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kicking and screaming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of kicking and screaming in a Sentence

  1. Bill Hicks:

    I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.

  2. Ron DeSantis:

    As long as I’m kicking and screaming, there will be no COVID shot mandates for your kids, that is your decision to make as a parent.

  3. Donald Trump:

    He treats Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló as second class citizens, that's for sure, and my consideration is I just want the opportunity to explain to him why the data and information he's getting is wrong. I don't think getting into a kicking and screaming match with the President does any good. I don't think anyone can beat the President in a kicking and screaming match. What I am aiming to do is make sure reason prevails, that empathy prevails, that equality prevails, and that we can have a discussion.

  4. Todd Becker:

    I don't think this is a supportive EPA of ethanol, i think they are being dragged into it kicking and screaming.

  5. Renata Bertram:

    I started the process kicking and screaming working from home.


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