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Verb
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Eventually, Butch breaks free and knocks out the Gimp, effectively hanging him since he’d been strung up.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Members of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club spent the weekend camped out on a Huntington Beach middle school soccer field, practicing various ways the ham radio operators will help in an earthquake, fire or other disaster that knocks out communications.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Brookside is back to making an impact on TNA again and is sure to be in line for the knockouts title down the line.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Mansour, 25, is 6-0 with two knockouts.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Springtown takes edge in 7-4A race, downs Decatur Springtown got the inside track on the District 7-4A championship after beating Decatur 4-2 in 8 innings on Monday night at Decatur High School.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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Greene downs it, throws the kid his jersey, smiles, and all is right with the world.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Tornado levels homes in Enid, Oklahoma Residents of Enid, Oklahoma, are surveying the damage on Friday after a massive tornado ripped through the city on Thursday night.—
Jack Moore,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The main difference is that Ruisdael cranes upward, to behold a castle on a hill, whereas Vermeer levels his gaze across open water.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But each release specifies exactly which warehouse and even which floors the barrels for a particular batch were matured, which is similar to Hardin’s Creek.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But as much as the ratings monopoly has taken its share of knocks over the decades, it has never been supplanted as the anchor of the $70 billion-plus TV ad business.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The nonprofit holds a 26% stake, plus warrants if OpenAI hits certain valuation targets.—
Deepa Seetharaman,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Searchlight is in development on Lottery, a Permut Presentations drama about a young man with Down syndrome who, after winning the lottery, flees his estranged mother and hits the road with a charming new friend who has ulterior motives of her own.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At one moment, the grandmother’s car knocks down an animal, maybe a goat, leaving it mortally wounded.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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Vanderbilt missed its first three shots despite having good looks before Nickel knocks down a 3-pointer on an offensive rebound.—
American Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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“KOs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/KOs. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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