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knocks around



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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



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