knocked over
Example Sentences
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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
He told some people Bethan had run out of their home chasing burglars, while he told others she was knocked over while taking rubbish out.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
A man was trying to put up some trash bins that had been knocked over and restring police tape to form a perimeter.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Forest players were quick to complain to referee Jones, arguing that Gibbs-White had been knocked over by Nico O'Reilly and prevented from blocking Cherki's strike.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
It knocked over the lantern, which spun and spun on its side so that the whole treehouse seemed lit by a disco ball.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
