knockout
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They do a knockout version of “Silver Threads and Golden Needles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
After beginning life as a six-team invitational tournament in 1955-56 before growing to a 32-team knockout tournament in 1967, the Champions League as we know it began in 1992.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Fans of the game have long celebrated its full-bore regular season, when an October contest can be a de facto knockout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Both are predicting wins within five rounds. I see this as a knockout, but I'm not sure which way."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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
Prenga, who arrived with 20 knockouts from his 20 victories but little profile even with boxing's hardcore followers, sensed an opportunity.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Manchester City's Erling Haaland, who went out at the quarter-final stage with Norway, might say otherwise, while midfielder Mikel Merino - of Arsenal - has arguably been Spain's key man in the knockouts.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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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