Example Sentences

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The recent drop in stocks has knocked the S&P 500’s forward price-to-earnings ratio down by 18%, according to Wilson.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

A power outage has knocked out power to hundreds of Southern California Edison customers, including the Los Angeles County Airport Courthouse where cases were scheduled to be heard on Wednesday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is near the front lines in the war, has knocked out external power lines to the facility numerous times, forcing it to rely on backup generators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The stock has been broadly flat over the past three months, as fear over competition from Google’s Tensor Processing Units has knocked it down from November’s highs of more than $200.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

The Roach has knocked a line of jars off the bookshelf and cracked the wood of a cabinet.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black