as in to down
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
the exuberant dog bowled over several children
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However, there were 36 active hunters left, so only 1 out of every 12 would down a buck.—
Chester Chatfield,
Outdoor Life,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces downed at least 24 Ukrainian drones overnight.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
18 Aug. 2025
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General Hospital has another major plot twist to drop on its fans: the ABC sudser is bringing back Ryan Paevey.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
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New episodes drop Saturdays and Sundays following the Sept. 6 premiere.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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While technically a violation of the bureau's own internal policies and the service's terms of use, the court said the evidence could stand and knocked down Kohberger's arguments that the IGG technique had violated his Fourth Amendment rights.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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He can be hurt and occasionally knocked down, but he’s only been finished once, which was by Rakhmonov in Round 3.—
Brett Appley,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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The audio has been used in nearly 2 million videos, many of which portray chaotic incidents, such as a person getting knocked over by a splash from a water slide or a woman almost getting hit by a rebounding axe at an axe throwing range.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Just one example: When Tom Sandoval punched Jax Taylor, Shay sobbed to Lisa Vanderpump that she had been knocked over in the scuffle.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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Some things still floor him about the guy who took his money.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The daters Julie Nguyen works with are more likely to be floored by the laziness, spelling errors, and sheer audacity of the people on the other end.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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Trees must be felled with dangerous and expensive equipment, dragged up muddy and steep slopes with cables, cut into lengths, loaded onto trucks and hauled.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In reality, what felled her was not just one gangster’s greed but an entire organization’s—the inheritors of Rothstein’s operation—zeroing in on a mom-and-pop, or at least a mom, business, as big enterprises always do.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Bowl (down or over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowl%20%28down%20or%20over%29. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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