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as in to rob
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
he knocked over six convenience stores before getting caught
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as in to drop
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
knocked me over trying to get out the door
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Recent Examples of knock over
In a game a year before Dunleavy brushed off getting knocked over by Antetokounmpo in the playoffs, he got tangled up with then-Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins.
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
While trying to avoid a check in front of the home bench, Barton was knocked over the boards and appeared to hit his head.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Protesters knocked over a dumpster to try and block the street off from the line of officers moving eastward.
—Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
One woman was knocked over by the vehicle.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
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Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
While trying to avoid a check in front of the home bench, Barton was knocked over the boards and appeared to hit his head.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Protesters knocked over a dumpster to try and block the street off from the line of officers moving eastward.
—Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
One woman was knocked over by the vehicle.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock over
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In Southern California, the fervor around Pokémon cards has led to strings of break-ins in recent months at trading card stores that have amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses and even some collectors robbed at gunpoint.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bland and his two robbery crew members — Ronnie Tucker, 24, of Long Beach, and Abigail Luckey, 50, of North Hollywood — robbed 12 businesses across Los Angeles and Orange counties over a 17-day stretch in early 2024.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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For the past several seasons, Probst has hosted a companion podcast, On Fire With Jeff Probst, which ordinarily drops weekly episodes that recap each episode of the CBS reality competition show.—
Staff Author,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Last weekend, Coastal Carolina beat VCU twice while dropping a decision to Illinois.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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The fatal shooting comes just one day after the 30-year anniversary of when the Cuban military downed two planes belonging to the Cuban-American humanitarian organization Brothers to the Rescue over the waters north of Havana, killing four.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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Eastwood downed Wolfforth Frenship 55-43 on Tuesday.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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Many of the units are small, and rehabilitation will mean extensive work, knocking down walls to create the larger apartments that young families need.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Nolan Traoré provided an early spark, gliding into the paint for a soft floater over Wembanyama before knocking down a 3-pointer, but Brooklyn needed more from everyone else.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 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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Using drone surveys to map the forest canopy, the team tested how views might shift if certain trees were felled, inching toward a location that felt both deliberate and deferential to the land.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the bottom of the inning, Temo Becerra, a senior, hit just his fourth collegiate homer with a shot into the Crawford Boxes in left field.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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The heated rivalry between the Pentagon and Anthropic just hit a new horizon Friday.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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There are also peel-and-stick tiles designed for flooring.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
27 Feb. 2026
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Purchase a repair kit that matches your laminate flooring manufacturer that matches the color and design of your floor.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pakistan and co-hosts Sri Lanka were knocked out.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Bayern Munich, who were second in the group stage, play Atalanta, who knocked out German side Borussia Dortmund in the playoffs thanks to a stoppage-time penalty.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Knock over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20over. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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