floored

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Having said all that, many of us were instantly floored by Ronald Moore’s reinterpretation of ABC’s 1978 prime-time space saga, and still point to it as one of TV’s strongest political and social parables.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

“We were all floored that it did not get approved the first time, that we felt we needed to do everything humanly possible to try to get this approved for our patients.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Caroline Dubois floored and bloodied Terri Harper before outpointing her British rival to become the unified lightweight world champion at London's Olympia.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It sprinted off a double bottom near the $50 mark in April 2025, the level where it had floored out in March 2020, near the Covid-era lows.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Not to speak or argue about it or even discuss it, just let it come and then dropped it, and it floored me completely.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen