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"If Shelton were to come through, he is the kind of player that can knock the racquet out of your hand," said American former player Jeff Tarango on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

But when Iran launched rockets against U.S. bases in Jordan last week, Patriots reportedly were used to knock the incoming missiles down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Real surprises are rarer in the land of Too Much TV, although we shouldn’t knock reliable comforts.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Edman led the team with four, but Hernández’ second knock was the most important one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Thankfully he didn’t have to wait very long before a knock came at the door.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"Someone said to me he doesn't feel like he'd win a world title unless he knocks him out. I didn't like that," promoter Frank Warren said afterwards.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Outwardly at least, nothing knocks him out of his stride.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

In theory, the decision knocks years off Henrikson’s sentence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

"When someone knocks on your door and tells you: 'Get up, come on, leave here. This is real, you have to go.'"

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

But three days later, it’s not the Gestapo that knocks.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Out of 93 total professional fights in his career - 73 victories, 18 losses, and two draws - Chuvalo was never once knocked down to the canvas.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Six months after Harley Di Nardo’s sister Marisa vanished when jets struck the Twin Towers, police knocked on the door of the Di Nardo family home carrying Marisa’s charred, black purse, found in the rubble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Our industry has been knocked on our backfoot,” said Steve DelBianco, chief executive of NetChoice, a tech-industry group that fights regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

While the country was knocked sideways by the Sept. 11 attacks, I was a closeted kid alone in a new city, and football did something for me that I have never forgotten.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

A gnome ran right in front of me and nearly knocked me off my feet.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Gantry cranes were washed away, silt and boulders jammed the headworks, and floodwaters entered the power house, knocking the plant offline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91 percent of a western island as it pushed out further into the Pacific on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Industry body the Environmental Services Association said this year's closures had ended up "knocking out capacity suddenly" and executive director Jacob Hayler said:

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

So keep good records in case the tax man comes knocking, said Moll, “and hope the auditor or the judge agrees.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The knocking seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at once.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock