knockout
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He’ll respond like an underdog boxer delivering a knockout punch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Shares dipped and then recovered after Sandisk and Western Digital failed to deliver the sort of knockout guidance investors are used to.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then the team went on to beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in the round of 32, its first knockout stage win since 2002.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
For Microsoft, which just posted knockout earnings on Wednesday, Materne wrote that “the stars are aligning” for a “catch-up trade” in the second half of the 2026 calendar year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Probably a knockdown or a knockout, he thought; maybe the brash kid had made good his boast.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
Additionally, England and France were put in opposite sides of the knockouts and on a path to meet either Spain or Argentina in the semi-finals if they all progressed.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Six of his goals came in the group stage and two in the knockouts.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
That was followed up by a first-ever World Cup win as they thrashed Qatar 6-0 to seal their place in the knockouts.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
It means they may need to wait until Sunday to find out whether they will reach the knockouts for the first time.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Grandma hugged Zed and then Zed hugged Joey, and bam, faster than one of Joey’s knockouts, Zed had weaseled himself into becoming part of Joey’s family.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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