knocked
Example Sentences
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Gauff follows men's top seed Jannik Sinner and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in being knocked out in the first week in Paris.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“Have we been knocked off our metaphorical surfboard from time to time? Of course.”
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
At 5 p.m., about an hour after the email was sent, Waldorf was getting out of the shower when the CEO of the hospital, Larry Shackelford, knocked on her door.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Before a 2023 writers strike that knocked late-night shows off the air for five months, the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 was a longer, weirder disruption for Colbert and his staff.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The boy whose door I knocked on just yesterday.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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