KO'ing

present participle of KO

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for KO'ing
Verb
  • The Jubail petrochemical and industrial complex in Saudi Arabia is offline, knocking out a key world reservoir of resin.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • The strong winds brought down trees, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Beteille said his group was waved through a metal detector before another security employee pushed them forward, knocking over part of it.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Before 2014, Major League Baseball runners trying to score often tried knocking over a catcher who was blocking the plate.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Storms that moved in Wednesday afternoon, downing trees and damaging some buildings, were expected to be followed by more wild weather in the evening.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Workers started industrial action at all three Inpex facilities last week, downing tools for four hours a day among other measures.
    Sing Yee Ong, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • How technology is leveling the playing field Automation has enabled small businesses to step up their recruiting efforts.
    Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • The coalition is urging for leveling the playing field for small farmers and giving them a seat at the policymaking table.
    Mikayla Price, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • An OpenAI reasoning model recently overturned a conjecture Paul Erdős posed in 1946, toppling an eighty-year assumption in combinatorial geometry by importing machinery from algebraic number theory — two fields with no obvious reason to meet.
    Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • The Regis Jesuit Raiders captured the 5A state championship, toppling Arvada West 5-3 for their first crown in seven years.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
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“KO'ing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/KO%27ing. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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