knocked out
Example Sentences
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"Benn is going to get knocked out in one or two rounds. You can't take off all this weight at this age - he doesn't even look recognisable."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Local heroes Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso were unable to give the Spanish fans much to cheer about as both were knocked out after the first session in 17th and 18th places.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Most other forms of communication were knocked out that day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Journal’s own headquarters in New York, across the street from the World Trade Center, was knocked out of business, the fate of our colleagues there unknown for hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Blue Team knocked out his microwave towers and cut his fiber-optics lines on the assumption that Red Team would now have to use satellite communications and cell phones and they could monitor his communications.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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