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
  • Nashville gets 'Showgirl' mural It's become a Nashville tradition for Taylor Swift album drops.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There are a few different movies jockeying for screen time in Steve, the British handwringer that drops on Netflix today, and yet one of them clearly has the best chance of winning its survival-of-the-fittest competition.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tamra Judge steps up to the line and, like Judge Dredd with hair extensions, knocks down two dozen or so targets in 27 seconds, seemingly without missing a shot.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Knocks over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20over. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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