knocked
Example Sentences
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The Americans knocked out their quarterfinal opponents 108-56, notching the team’s 34th consecutive win in World Cup play since 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
In 2015, England were humiliatingly knocked out of the pool stages of their own tournament.
From BBC ● 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
Finally the cart stopped and the man knocked on a door.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
