knocks over

present tense third-person singular of knock over

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Recent Examples of knocks over 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocks over
Verb
  • When extracts are shown, they’re either filmed in a theater or shown in a smaller frame within the frame, which robs the movie of its mega-ness.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The erasure of this experience robs us all, and especially future generations who will never see a night like this.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 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 number of gallons drops to about 30 million in winter and can rise as high as 70 million in summer.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
  • My Favourite Murder maker Exactly Right Media, iHeartPodcasts and Blanchard House are teaming to make Hell in Heaven, an eight-part limited series that drops on October 9 with two episodes.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Knocks over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20over. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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