knocking
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Lourdes Ramirez-Ortiz said district officials will be knocking on doors to ask how they can help make families feel safer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
A retoucher is used to strike the edge of a worn stone tool, knocking off small flakes to restore its intended form and cutting edge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
On a humid morning before Saturday's rally, Corie Johnson was knocking on voters' doors for the first time in her life.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
In dozens of strikes since this spring, Ukraine has pounded oil refineries across its larger neighbor, knocking more than one-quarter of Russian refining capacity offline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Wolf pounced on Torak, nearly knocking him over Torak laughed and gave him a handful of blackberries from his food pouch.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
They led the hosts in the tournament opener through a Gustavo Sangare goal, only for Vincent Aboubakar to slot two penalties during the last knockings of the first half.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2022
His political activism was forged in a childhood spent along the campaign trail — pancake breakfasts and endless door knockings.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018
In the late knockings of this Ashes series, the overall contest already lost, he may at last have found his place.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2013
Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter play the luvvie pair in this portrait of the final knockings of Burton and Taylor's romance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2013
She could hear the echoes of her knockings inside, so she knew that she would have heard footsteps if someone had been hurrying to answer the door.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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