knocked

Example Sentences

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Despite playing without Doncic and only getting Reaves for the end of the six-game series, the Lakers knocked the Rockets out of the first round of the playoffs last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

The idea of being knocked out, not in the quarter-final, but in the last 32 against a team from Asia.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

What’s the last new act that knocked you out?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

It became harder to be knocked out than to progress.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Half the cars on a freight train had been knocked off the tracks and lay with their bellies in the air, like helpless turtles.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret