knock

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Particularly fierce solar storms can knock out satellites and threaten astronauts -- and create dazzling auroras in the skies known as the northern or southern lights.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The biggest difference between him and Pep, though, is that Sir Alex had to knock everything down and build it up again, himself.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The pep-rally crack, in particular, is a not-so-subtle knock at Success Academy, the most high-performing of them all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Staff would drop off food outside the door, knock, leave and he would open it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Puttering about his cottage, waiting for a knock.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman