knocked

Example Sentences

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“I think AI and technology have knocked some of the rungs out of the traditional ladder.”

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

No candidate so irresistibly charming he or she knocked the race akimbo and stamped themselves as the far-and-away front-runner in the slowly consolidating contest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Exhausted, starving and desperate, he knocked on the door of local farmers John and Phyllis Le Breton.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Kyiv says the strikes have knocked out billions of dollars' worth of Russia's vital export earnings.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

To his astonishment, Renn knocked an arrow and let fly, and a willow grouse thudded into the moss.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver