knocking around

Example Sentences

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“Some people are knocking around with trust structures from years back and may not be proactive when it comes to managing assets in the trusts.”

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Shedding talent and salary gave Boston financial flexibility—but it also seemed to portend a season of knocking around the NBA’s ocean floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

You may wonder what is with these guys knocking around Puerto Rico.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025

But he lost contact with Mr Neto and had not spoken to him for about two years before 9 November, while he and Mr Mbala had also stopped "knocking around" with each other.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

I guess that what influenced me to get my first actual apartment was my not wanting Reginald to be knocking around Harlem without anywhere to call “home.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey