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Jeffries pledged that their first order of business would be to march up to President Trump and tell him, “Hey, knock it off, Buster.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

“The knock in the night has always been my calling,” this kind listener explains as she admits the exhausted woman with the rambling story to tell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Tourists regularly knock on her door to ask to use her restroom, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

To focus only on England does a disservice to Shadab, who played a knock for the ages, one of the greatest by a Pakistan batter in an ODI.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Their gowns are so wide, I have had to clear the path four times already for fear their skirts would knock me off into the shrubbery.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Claire desperately needs a charge, so she knocks on the door of her previously unmet neighbor across the hall, Oliver, to see if she can borrow the necessary device.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Her blistering century against Australia in the semi-final of the 2017 Women's ODI World Cup remains one of the defining knocks in the history of the women's game.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

Mom knocks and asks if I want a plate.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

“To be knocked out by it, to think of it as sensational.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

When the X-rays struck the copper, they knocked electrons out of the atoms' innermost electron shells, leaving behind empty positions known as 'holes'.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The procedure delayed the beginning of his rookie season and when he returned, a sprained MCL in his right knee knocked him out for six more weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

All our Instagrams were draped in sepia—grid posts only—where we celebrated latte art and selfies of our knocked knees.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

All the air was knocked out of me and sparks flew in my eyes, but I had to run because the maid’s bellowing was sure to bring the guards after me any moment.

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

Both candidates have spent the last few weeks of the campaign knocking on doors and making their case to voters, saying major issues like public safety and cleanliness are common concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

She said there were no direct threats, but Richards outlined an account for her to give to police if they came knocking, which she wrote down in a note-taking app on her phone.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Opportunity came knocking at the door of Triways, a family owned trucking and warehouse business in Southern California that had successfully navigated the ups and downs of nearly a half-century of hauling goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

All told, the Brewers finished 11-2 in October, knocking off the red-hot San Diego Padres, the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Rays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Instead, after hearing the knocking correctly respond to questions, some skeptics in the audience left the lecture firm believers in spirit communication.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock