knocked about
Example Sentences
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While some of the barrels being transported through the strait have been successfully re-routed, experts still estimate that the war has knocked about a tenth of the world's supply out of the market.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics, said Malaysia's heavy fuel and transport subsidies have likely knocked about 1.5 percentage points off the country's inflation, which was just 2.3% in April.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2022
Delta, with 177 cancellations, American, with 160, and United, with 116, knocked about 5 percent of their flights from their schedules.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2022
Though in Craig’s brawny, bruiser continuation of the role, it can get pretty badly knocked about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
Suddenly his voice hardened as he shot a question at Fangburn: “You! How did your face get knocked about, and where did you get those long scratches from?”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
