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[nok] / nɒk /






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In the fund’s modeling, the bust could knock as much as 1.3 percentage points off global growth in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"I knock on a lot of doors but I know people are tired of listening. They are frustrated with politics. If one person says 'this is amazing,' it makes me go after 10 other doors."

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

“You remove weight, but you also knock down inflammation,” said Tim Church, chief medical officer at Wondr Health, a company that works with patients with chronic conditions to help them change their behavior.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Daniil Medvedev once said you would need to knock on his hotel door at 6am for seven days in a row to make him angry.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“So you see, you must continue or my little sister would never forgive me. And I think—” Then there was a knock at the door, so I didn’t get to hear what Luc thought.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Claire desperately needs a charge, so she knocks on the door of her previously unmet neighbor across the hall, Oliver, to see if she can borrow the necessary device.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

"It brings so much emotion back that it really knocks you for six and you go into a really deep depression."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The government scheme knocks £150 off bills if you are on means-tested benefits such as universal credit.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Byrd knocks her hand against the basement doorframe.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Related expenses have been factored in after the fine knocked 17 cents a share off its earnings for the quarter that ended in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

For people my age, getting knocked off the property ladder can be very hard to recover from.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

It has also resumed strikes on the energy grid, triggering power cuts in a repeat of attacks that last winter knocked out heating and power for days as temperatures hit -20C.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In some ways it was too real — while shooting, actor C. Thomas Howell was knocked unconscious by a real punch to the face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A gnome ran right in front of me and nearly knocked me off my feet.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

But New England showed something last week in knocking off Buffalo, and it makes a big difference when Drake Maye doesn’t turn it over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Once they get wind of your required minimum distributions in your early 70s, they will come knocking again.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The complex internal hierarchy of Israel’s kibbutzim ensures that only a few long-term residents—usually older people—have a vote in matters relating to governance, including the painful question of knocking down the houses of the kibbutz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A powerful autumnal storm lashed the heavily populated US Northeast corridor on Sunday with wind, rain and large waves, knocking out power for thousands and killing at least one person.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

At Shady Glen there were always people knocking on my door.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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