knocked over
Example Sentences
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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
Wilshire Boulevard Temple officials said that protesters knocked over a vase during the altercation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
“We can’t have it knocked over — brutally — to put it brutally — before the election,” Kissinger said.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
“They knocked over your privy three months ahead of Halloween?”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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