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kayoed

verb

past tense of kayo

as in knocked out

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Germany is the first major team knocked out of the tournament.

— Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
England was knocked out in the quarterfinals in Qatar and finished fourth in 2018 in Russia.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

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That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.

— Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

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After the storm, Lake Geneva Mayor Todd Krause declared an emergency and said one person suffered minor injuries after being struck by a falling tree while downed power lines and trees blocked some streets.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Chestnut downed 66 hot dogs with buns in 10 minutes Saturday to capture the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 18th time in his Major League Eating career.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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So is Sweden’s Yasin Ayari, who prostrated himself on the field to thank God after the first of his two goals in a victory Sunday over Tunisia — his father’s homeland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Groypers believe that for decades America has prostrated itself to immigrants and foreign nations at the expense of its own languishing citizens.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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Amad nearly levelled things up again from a late free kick, but Norway held on.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
In the 1890s, Henry Flagler’s crews leveled a massive burial mound to build his Royal Palm hotel across the river, selling skulls as souvenirs and dumping the rest of the human remains into a sinkhole, never since found.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

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When Assad’s regime was toppled roughly 18 months ago, the development propelled the country’s slow return to the world stage.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026
Blatter looked unassailable right up to the moment he was toppled; his long-running heir apparent was also pushed out, which is how Infantino ended up as FIFA president in the first place.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

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