knocked

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At 5 p.m., about an hour after the email was sent, Waldorf was getting out of the shower when the CEO of the hospital, Larry Shackelford, knocked on her door.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“The victimizer might have knocked you down, but it is the victim that has to get up.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

A few weeks after Gatto took over vocals, they knocked out four songs, highlighted by the aggressive doom of “Time to Burn” and the blasting guitars that echo Gatto’s melodic angst on “Hot Pursuit.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

It came a day after Estonia said Nato shot down a drone over its territory, which it suspected was a Ukrainian projectile knocked off course by Russian electronic interference.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

When she jumped up, Sadako almost knocked the table over.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr