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 restring police tape to form a perimeter.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
Forest players were quick to complain to referee Jones, arguing that Gibbs-White had been knocked over by Nico O'Reilly and prevented from blocking Cherki's strike.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Wilshire Boulevard Temple officials said that protesters knocked over a vase during the altercation.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
Her flailing arm knocked over my mother’s drink.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
