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One knock on Apple’s Cook era has been that the company didn’t release more innovative products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

Ireland are heavily reliant on Lewis and all-rounder Prendergast, and when the latter fell for 19 after Lewis' knock of 69, there was a worry that their solid platform would be wasted.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The Brewers added two insurance runs in the seventh, as Bauers and Andrew Vaughn collected a pair of RBI knocks against left-handed reliever Alex Vesia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

"It brings so much emotion back that it really knocks you for six and you go into a really deep depression."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The government scheme knocks £150 off bills if you are on means-tested benefits such as universal credit.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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

His shoulder knocks into a raven hanging in the air.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"Benn is going to get knocked out in one or two rounds. You can't take off all this weight at this age - he doesn't even look recognisable."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

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

"I have to say it actually knocked me back."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Hugo knocked and spoke in a low voice to a man who answered the door.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

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

A good territory allows a couple to raise a family so it makes more sense for an eagle in possession of one to stay put and wait for other eagles to come knocking, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Hurry up,” Grandma said from the porch, where she was already knocking.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows