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Recent Examples of knock off
Verb
The Texans defense will need to replicate that performance if the team has any chance of knocking off the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025 Northwest Catholic knocked off Bristol Central 82-67 in a game of two of the top teams currently in the Class L rankings Tuesday. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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Such measures could give artists an extra tool to battle companies making knockoffs of their work, according to Lamar, who served in various law enforcement roles with the federal government for more than 20 years. Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024 Lutnick, meanwhile, moved on, finding another company like Trump’s, Rumble, which had a MAGA-friendly knockoff of YouTube instead of Twitter. Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for knock off 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock off
Verb
  • Courtesy of Instagram Her love of personalization doesn’t stop at jewelry.
    Olivia Allen, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
  • At least 10 killed in worst mass shooting in Sweden's history 01:33 BREAKFAST BROWSE Michael Jordan’s son arrested on drug charge The 34-year-old son of NBA great Michael Jordan was arrested Tuesday in Florida after police officers found his vehicle stopped on railroad tracks.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Petey the Cat abandons Lil Petey on the street, and Grampa Petey is condescending and steals from his son.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The emaciated bulldog — just 23 pounds with his ribs visible — had been stuffed inside the bag and abandoned along an Iowa roadway, according to the Des Moines Police Department.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Trade was a drag on growth in the period, with imports, which subtract from the GDP calculation, off 0.8%.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
  • His exit from the playoffs doesn’t subtract from that, and, besides, the Bills-Chiefs AFC Championship Game was entertaining as heck.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Ironically the entire sequence only occurred because Demko, uncharacteristically, robbed Cale Makar arriving late and taking the fourth man’s ice, but let the puck spill out of his glove and into the corner where the Avalanche retrieved it.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you’ve been robbed.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • King Charles Makes History with Emotional Visit to Auschwitz for Holocaust Memorial Day: 'A Sacred Moment' Holocaust Memorial Day honors the lives of the six million Jewish people who were murdered during the Holocaust, the millions killed under Nazi persecution and during subsequent genocides.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In Los Angeles, Miami and New York, killers have targeted and murdered groups of homeless people in a matter of days.
    Leah Goodridge, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The copycats are giving ammunition to MicroStrategy haters.
    Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The bottom line: It's become common practice for social media companies to copy or iterate on new features from rival apps, but for most creators and users, TikTok copycats still aren't as good.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • They were told that all such groups would have to disband and cease their activities, which included outreach to employers and employees.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
  • California’s state and local governments can apply pressure by ceasing the collection of federal withholding tax dollars from their employees.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • President Donald Trump is not quitting his campaign to convince the leaders of Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians whose homes have been destroyed in Gaza.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Does that mean everyone should quit drinking immediately?
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025

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