knocks around
Example Sentences
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It knocks around £72bn off the value of the blue-chip index, taking it to 7044 points, its lowest level in seven weeks.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2021
Before long, the consequences of that decision began popping up on door knocks around Iowa, said a person familiar with internal campaign responses in the state.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2020
The word complicity knocks around my brain when I think about the way I’ve savored—even evangelized for—Chandler’s novels.
From Slate • Jul. 9, 2018
Mr. Viruet knocks around, waiting for his next budding champ, or next payday, to walk in.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2011
It glows like a sun inside my dimly lit bed canopy, and knocks around the night-lantern.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
