knocked out
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Most other forms of communication were knocked out that day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Americans knocked out their quarterfinal opponents 108-56, notching the team’s 34th consecutive win in World Cup play since 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Nepal army rescued two men alive from a tunnel at a hydropower project nine days after a deadly debris-laden flood knocked out homes and power plants, and left more than 1,250 people dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Few know how Joao Pedro handled his omission from the Brazil squad at the World Cup, where they were knocked out in the last 16 by Norway this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jesse looked deflated, resigned, as if the wind had suddenly been knocked out of him after days of intense focus on the trip.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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