knockdown
Example Sentences
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The fines come a month after firefighters declared an official knockdown of the stubborn warehouse blaze, which sent thick smoke into the surrounding neighborhoods and across Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Even the neuroscientist Anil Seth, one of the most prominent skeptical voices on AI consciousness, concedes there is “no knockdown argument” that consciousness requires a biological substrate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Wilder was docked a point for pushing, and both men ended up on the canvas again in the 11th, though neither incident was ruled a knockdown.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
By the championship rounds, Warrington appeared to need a knockdown, but there was little sign of one coming.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
“This is when we’re supposed to argue. Have a knockdown, drag-out fight.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
