knocked over
Example Sentences
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During a rundown play between third and home, a Verdugo Hills runner knocked over the Roosevelt third baseman.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 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
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
When I was done, one of’em at the back had got knocked over and I’d clean missed on the one over the doorway.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
