knockout
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He’ll respond like an underdog boxer delivering a knockout punch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Shares dip after Sandisk and Western Digital fail to deliver the sort of knockout guidance investors are used to.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
A last-gasp defeat by England in Lens momentarily punctured that optimism, but the final group game against Russia presented Coleman's side with a chance to secure their place in the knockout stages.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The odyssey took them to Paris next, Wales' first knockout fixture since Pele had scored the only goal as Brazil beat them in a 1958 World Cup quarter-final.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
Kane has split his goals evenly, three in the group stage and three 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
What do Scotland need to make World Cup knockouts?
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Louis had battled his way through twenty-seven professional matches with twenty-three knockouts and no defeats to reach his current status as the number one challenger in the world.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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