knock
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Despite the late Super Giants wickets, Seifert's knock proved the difference, as Rockets' batters were left to rue plenty of promising starts but none were able to kick on in the same destructive manner.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The knock on such megamergers is well-known: They distract management, sow years of organizational chaos, and invite regulatory scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Scott and I would knock on each other’s doors when the parenting was too much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
When these materials slam into Earth's magnetic shield, they can knock out satellites, threaten astronauts -- and create colourful auroras in the skies of northern and southern latitudes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
I was just contemplating opening it so I could slam it shut again when a sharp knock behind me about made me jump out of my skin.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
He’s experienced plenty of hard knocks since being disfigured in battle by his power-hungry brother, via Vhagar’s dragon fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Palmer and Colwill were given the freedom to go shopping after picking up knocks against Spurs, but videos of their outing showed just how well-known they were.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
"When someone knocks on your door and tells you: 'Get up, come on, leave here. This is real, you have to go.'"
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
About five times a day, she says, her mom knocks on her door, often to ask for help with technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
It knocks me off my feet and carries me back to the third pedestal.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
A second pulse containing high-energy photons then knocked electrons out of the material.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It was literally grab what you needed and get out and within about four or five minutes the police knocked on the door again and said, 'You really have got to get out now'."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The tune that eventually knocked “Remedy” from the top spot?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some artificial-intelligence stocks that got knocked off their pedestals, in part due to a bruising July selloff, now represent attractive opportunities for investors, according to BofA analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
She had somehow been knocked out of the main current and was either drifting aimlessly or was floating toward shore.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Last January, it sped across the £35m barrier and now it's knocking on the door of £50-£60m on new players.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
U.S. stocks gained after the Treasury announced plans to buy back more bonds, knocking the the 30-year bond yield off recent highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
As a result, the retailer’s customer traffic and store transactions have fallen below executives’ expectations, squeezing sales and profit and knocking roughly 32% off the stock price this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They organized a food train, and Scott was the one who set up a cooler on my front porch and insisted people drop food without knocking, knowing we were overwhelmed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
If they were, maybe they wouldn’t hear our knocking.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
