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‘Persons may kick_off a season.’

[⟨det (plur person.n)⟩ kick_off.v ⟨det season.n⟩]

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In the British National Corpus:

“At Coventry, we kicked off the season with seven games in 21 days.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Here’s my insight / trash talk as we kick off the season: I ran each team through the Football Guys Draft Dominator and Joe Jaffe looks to have the strongest initial team, thanks largely to his drafting of LT with the 2nd pick of the draft.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Alabama started getting answers Saturday evening as they kicked off the season against 9th ranked Clemson Tigers at the Georgia Dome…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Join Brewer Bryon Tonnis on Thursday, September 18 as we kick off another Oktoberfest season with the tapping of our Rocktoberfest Marzen Bier at 6pm.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

However, for all of us not living in Indianapolis (thankfully) or New Orleans, there is one day left until we kick off the season for real.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The threadbare Everton squad, further depleted by last week’s transfer of Andy Johnson to Fulham, ended their travels back home at Goodison Park for the final friendly before they kick the season off in earnest next weekend.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We’re kicking off our second season of “NewsBusted’ ’ today with a new look.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So enjoy as we kick off the regular season.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Reminder that we kick off our season tomorrow with some free drinks at the Exchange.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Yes, we’re down to 10 days before we finally kick off the 2008 season.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Join Brewer Bryon Tonnis on Thursday, September 18 as we kick off another Oktoberfest season? with the tapping of our Rocktoberfest Marzen Bier at 6pm Stop by for a complimentary pint and? toast the fest? with Rock Bottom?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Come help us kick off the season and look for the TENT (as we are expecting some inclement weather early on)!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Northeastern head coach Rocky Hager is well aware the Huskies are stepping into a hornets’ nest tonight as they kick off their season at fellow Football Bowl Subdivision…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We kick off the season Thursday and Friday, setting us on course for the annual journey to the Metrodome and the Prep Bowl over Thanksgiving weekend.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They’re kicking the season off if they were able to get the work in.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We kick off the season with Tim McClellan of Jaguars Journal.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We’re off to an interesting start with several underrated receiver injuries in the past week (Chad Johnson, Drew Carter, Kevin Curtis & Bobby Engram) kicking off the season.
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In Wikipedia:

They will then kick off the 200910 season as Premier League champions in the 2009 FA Community Shield against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on 9 August 2009.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s really interesting to be following the Wolverines from here in the west, especially since they kicked off their season on Saturday against Utah!
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Queried on 2013-05-21.