knockout
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Dambrauskas had to navigate four knockout ties to get Sabah to the Champions League, and they are the only club to make it all the way through from the first qualifying round.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
A real screenwriter and director emerges with his feature debut, a Cannes knockout coming from A24.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
He took his career assists tally to 12 in World Cups, of which 10 have come in the knockout rounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Probably a knockdown or a knockout, he thought; maybe the brash kid had made good his boast.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
Since fighting his first professional match in 2020, Vargas Jr. himself has built a steady record in the ring with 15 knockouts in 17 wins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Itauma, 21, has been widely tipped as the next star of heavyweight boxing, with 12 knockouts in 14 professional victories.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Six of his goals came in the group stage and two in the knockouts.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Tartan Army were the best of it, a travelling support that tried to lift the team up and carry them into the knockouts.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Grandma hugged Zed and then Zed hugged Joey, and bam, faster than one of Joey’s knockouts, Zed had weaseled himself into becoming part of Joey’s family.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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