- present participle of knock.
knocking
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The disruption went global within an hour, knocking out Microsoft products in 74 countries and territories, outage tracker Downdetector reported.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The disruption went global within a span of an hour, knocking out Microsoft products in 74 countries and territories, outage tracker Downdetector reported.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Reed knocking the ball away from intended receiver Jordan Anderson for an incomplete pass and a turnover on downs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
She said there were no direct threats, but Richards outlined an account for her to give to police if they came knocking, which she wrote down in a note-taking app on her phone.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Cat was making up her mind about knocking when a woman came out of the garage and wheeled a recycling bin to the curb.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
If you are asking him to run the week, to run the camp and to be the leader, then when it is proper knockings you need your best leaders on the pitch.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
In the event, this ode to the last knockings of the old studio system might just be Tarantino’s best work since the first Kill Bill, even if the film’s third act left some cold.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2019
His political activism was forged in a childhood spent along the campaign trail — pancake breakfasts and endless door knockings.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018
Meanwhile it’s all happening at Selhurst Park, where James McArthur has made it Crystal Palace 2-1 Watford in the knockings of that game.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2017
Her knockings were made by a floorboard on a lever that she pressed with her foot.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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