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Recent Examples of kayo
Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
Now the coronavirus, which has kayoed sports across America and forced many minor league teams to furlough workers, could wind up sealing the fate of the Bees, the pride and joy of Burlington, Iowa.
—NBC News, 27 Apr. 2020
Noun
After a quick kayo in Game 1 of the ’53 World Series, in which he was removed by Dressen having given up four runs in the first inning, Erskine was at least well rested for his Game 3 start three days later.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
Verb
Sucker-punched by surprise storms and kayoed by hurricanes, it has been swamped, splintered and even swept out to sea on nearly a dozen occasions — always to rise from the sand for that next bout with nature.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
Now the coronavirus, which has kayoed sports across America and forced many minor league teams to furlough workers, could wind up sealing the fate of the Bees, the pride and joy of Burlington, Iowa.
—NBC News, 27 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayo
Noun
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Some pairs of 2022’s Lost and Found Air Jordan 1 were affected by mold issues, as was 2015’s Air Jordan 1 KO Bred.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
22 Feb. 2026
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All matches of the UEFA Women’s Champions League KO Playoffs is streamable on Paramount+.—
Rudie Obias,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In Kyiv, three people were injured, and the heating was knocked out in 2,806 residential apartment buildings in four districts across the capital after Russian strikes hit an energy infrastructure facility, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Because of Jesse, the Democratic Party changed its rules, ending the winner-take-all distribution of delegates during presidential primaries, which meant underdogs and outsiders like Bill Clinton or Bernie Sanders could stay competitive and build momentum instead of getting knocked out early.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nebraska’s other knockdown shooter is Frager, an even bigger surprise than Sandfort.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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This knockdown, drag-out divisional-round battle had been decided, even with 13 minutes still left on the clock.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The open desert sky delivers knockout sunsets and some of the region’s best storm watching.—
Ted Alvarez,
Outside,
9 Mar. 2026
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Everything that is truly great about the world’s oldest knockout competition was present, including dollops of controversy to go with the almighty scare given to the visitors.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The snowstorms have revealed a selfishness that has floored me.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The others come from flat-out surprises that will floor and astonish you.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a match between the heavyweights Jarrell Miller and Kingsley Ibeh, an uppercut from Ibeh caused Miller’s hairpiece to flap back like the lid on a box.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sensing the YouTuber was finished, Joshua rocked him with a right uppercut early in the sixth.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Apartment buildings were felled by air strikes, and smoke billowed from the blasts; the buzz of Israeli drones filled the air.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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Too many people, particularly those in my age group, have been felled by a cold that morphed into pneumonia, or a UTI that landed them in the hospital, or a simple stumble on a floor mat that resulted in surgery and months of physical therapy.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Kayo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayo. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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