knocked
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Neighbors knocked on doors and warned people about industrial buildings and massive electricity and water demands nobody could quantify.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
The palette is pastel and soft-washed, mixing with bolder tones, but everything is knocked back, never loud.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Storm Jangmi -- which was downgraded from a typhoon -- injured 15 people in southern Japan on Tuesday, knocked out power to thousands of homes and grounded hundreds of flights.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
But that punch, if devastating to Chakrabarti’s campaign, had clearly not knocked out Wiener — who was ready Tuesday night with a few punches of his own in a speech to his supporters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
But as quick as we knocked off for noon dinner, Tansy was all over us.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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