knocked over
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The weather incident caused damage to properties and knocked over some trees, it added.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The New York Times reported that during soccer matches “child-size robots tripped over each other, falling down like dominoes” and that one robot knocked over a human staff member during a running event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
A man was trying to put up some trash bins that had been knocked over, and re-string police tape to form a perimeter.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
But after Algeria beat the Leopards on Tuesday, Algerian player Mohamed Amine Amoura faced a backlash for mimicking Mboladinga and falling to the ground as though the statue had been knocked over.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Three more had been knocked over by a tail swipe, and the leader was swinging his billy club uselessly at the tallest raptor.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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