knocked over

Example Sentences

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The New York Times reported that during soccer matches “child-size robots tripped over each other, falling down like dominoes” and that one robot knocked over a human staff member during a running event.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

A man was trying to put up some trash bins that had been knocked over, and re-string police tape to form a perimeter.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Carreras knocked over another penalty to reduce England's advantage, once so secure, to just a single point.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

“We can’t have it knocked over — brutally — to put it brutally — before the election,” Kissinger said.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Ignatius knocked over another table as he and the cockatoo lurched forward.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole