knocked
Example Sentences
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"Benn is going to get knocked out in one or two rounds. You can't take off all this weight at this age - he doesn't even look recognisable."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
While the country was knocked sideways by the Sept. 11 attacks, I was a closeted kid alone in a new city, and football did something for me that I have never forgotten.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
And then to have that knocked out of you bit by bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Nepal army rescued two men alive from a tunnel at a hydropower project nine days after a deadly debris-laden flood knocked out homes and power plants, and left more than 1,250 people dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
One morning he’d knocked on our door and jubilantly shown the invitation from the new occupation government ordering him to return to the university.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
