knock

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Particularly fierce solar storms can knock out satellites and threaten astronauts -- and create dazzling auroras in the skies known as the northern or southern lights.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Staff would drop off food outside the door, knock, leave and he would open it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Guides are advised to turn off their engines, to protect the privacy of homes by ensuring tourists do not peer through windows or knock on doors, and keep noise and disruption to a minimum.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

For stocks, the rate won’t matter much if corporate America continues to knock it out of the park.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The boy was able to knock on the door, enter, drop the meal on the small dining table, announce, “Lunch is here,” and get out without seeing or talking to anyone.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman