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kayoed

verb

past tense of kayo

as in knocked out

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After losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 World Series, New York was knocked out by Toronto in last year's AL Division Series.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Murray, making his first start since joining the Vikings this offseason, was knocked out of the game in the first quarter after taking a violent hit to the head during a scramble.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocked out

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The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of felled

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Miguel Carrizoza had just stood up after being floored by a right hook and still looked unsteady on his feet.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Hayne was floored instantly by the volume and verbiage of an NFL playbook, all while he was being taught the nuances of playing running back by assistant coach and 49ers legend Tom Rathman, who also worked with him as a punt returner.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026

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The drone downed Tuesday in Lithuania fell near the village of Pratkunai, about 60 miles west of the capital, Vilnius, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center said Tuesday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its air defenses downed 71 Ukrainian drones overnight.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of downed

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Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Video from the scene showed one car flipped on its side with debris scattered across the sidewalk and a trash can knocked over.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked over

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So is Sweden’s Yasin Ayari, who prostrated himself on the field to thank God after the first of his two goals in a victory Sunday over Tunisia — his father’s homeland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Groypers believe that for decades America has prostrated itself to immigrants and foreign nations at the expense of its own languishing citizens.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of prostrated

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Traditional bulk carriers often require cargo to be physically shifted and leveled during loading to maintain the vessel's stability.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Oates is up there as perhaps the greatest boxing writer who ever leveled her gaze at the square circle.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of leveled

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Photos of festival damage, showing vendors’ tables, tents and supplies toppled and strewn across Independence Square, appeared across social media.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026
The losses come at a challenging time for the Himalayan nation, which is emerging from a year of political upheaval after an uprising toppled the previous government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

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