KOs 1 of 2

plural of KO

KOs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of KO

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for KOs
Verb
  • As Stahl said, anytime there’s a reckless driver, the emergency pipeline collapses and knocks out water flow to the entire area.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Wilder made 10 successful defenses of the WBC heavyweight title and delivered some of the sport’s most dramatic knockouts.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The mode uses a free-for-all scoring system, where the goal is to knock out as many Pokémon as possible, and whoever scores the most knockouts wins the match.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In between questions about Nineties cultural touchstones like Friends, Space Jam, Beavis and Butthead, the Spice Girls, and Sir-Mix-A-Lot — during which Kravitz racks up a lot of points and Butler downs a lot of shots — the pair also discusses working on Caught Stealing.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The film follows a college professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jere punches Conrad in the face and then knees him in the stomach.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • One of the officers then punches him three times, according to the video.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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“KOs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/KOs. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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