• Nevertheless, officials reckon that lower energy prices will knock around 0.6 percentage points off inflation in 2013.

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  • Packard had also hooked up with an old classmate, Bill Hewlett, and during their free hours the two men would knock around in the garage trying to come up with product ideas for their own company.

    FORBES: Great Garages

  • Neutrons ejected from a watery surface move much more slowly than those from a rocky one, because the hydrogen nuclei in water are light enough for an exiting neutron to knock around much like one billiard ball hitting another a process that slows the neutron down.

    ECONOMIST: Divining water

  • Physically overwhelmed by their fast and imposing opponents, Greece essentially collapsed its entire team into the defensive third of the field, allowing the Germans to knock the ball around in the middle of the pitch and wait for an open channel to clear.

    WSJ: Euro 2012: Germany Kicks Greece Out of Euro (Soccer Tournament)

  • The only hole I couldn't knock out was the one around a flat, essentially 0% return.

    FORBES: Break Their Crystal Balls

  • Yes, there are knock-on effects being felt around the world from the European crisis.

    FORBES: Where Investors Are Being Paid To Take On Risk

  • The prospect of huge profits available to formula sellers in China has had a knock-on effect for retailers around the world.

    BBC: Business

  • Even though grape harvesters, which shake or knock grapes from vines, have been around for about 40 years, some growers still pick by hand.

    ECONOMIST: Agricultural robots

  • On the first occasion the centre was adjudged to have fallen just short as he went to ground the ball, and a knock on cost him the second time around.

    BBC: Harlequins 10-18 Huddersfield Giants

  • Analysts are anxious to discover whether this indicates that a recovery is already underway, or whether the US slowdown will be prolonged - which would have a knock-on effect on other economies around the world.

    BBC: US manufacturing remains weak

  • On the first attempt, Red Bulls defender Jamison Olave, who had a brilliant all-around game, made a sliding tackle to knock the ball away.

    WSJ: Cahill's header lifts Red Bulls over Galaxy, 1-0

  • Younus Khan continued the theme of aggression but, just as he seemed to be dominating, left-armer RP Singh went around the wicket and produced an inswinging pearler to knock him over for 21.

    BBC: By Jonathan Stevenson

  • Keep your ticker ticking It's easy to knock back several glasses of wine when you're sitting around the holiday table for long stretches of time, especially if you tell yourself that wine is good for your heart.

    CNN: Why the day after Christmas is hazardous to your heart

  • That is no knock on the software, and the commercial devices we have been promised around midyear should do better.

    FORBES: Google Chrome, HP Printers - Software Uber Alles

  • This makes them easy to set up--no tower or central antenna needed--as well as hard to knock out, since if one device goes down, the others will route around it.

    FORBES: Motorola Moves Into Mesh

  • Now, on the other hand, when business and labor are working together, then we can compete against anybody, and we can knock down trade barriers in other countries, and we can start selling products around the world.

    WHITEHOUSE: Making the Right Choice for the Economy

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