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

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

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

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

“She had a leshy wandering among them! That’s why we were even here in the first place. What if the leshy knocked over the hive?”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack