as in to frustrate
to prevent from achieving a goal
finally checkmated the billionaire in his attempt to take over the movie studio
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Recent Examples of checkmate
Ayah Imran,
Freep.com,
17 July 2025
Del Norte High’s chess team members have increasingly declared checkmate against their opponents, with the team capturing a third-place regional tournament award just four years after it was formed.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Dec. 2025
And then in the third round of chess – checkmate.
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Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Losing a game of chess is never fun; however, setting aflame a custom wax king piece when checkmated is losing with style.
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Ayah Imran,
Freep.com,
17 July 2025
Del Norte High’s chess team members have increasingly declared checkmate against their opponents, with the team capturing a third-place regional tournament award just four years after it was formed.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
Simmons, a sophomore from Duncanville just south of Dallas, has certainly racked up his share of checkmates over the past two seasons with 20 total sacks.
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Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Dec. 2025
And then in the third round of chess – checkmate.
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Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for checkmate
Verb
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Trump’s rogue moves have frustrated Thune’s party regularly over the past two months.
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David Rubenstein, the son of a Baltimore postal worker, was frustrated in a Washington law firm when he was both inspired by a wildly successful leveraged buyout and unnerved by a book that claimed the odds of successfully starting a company plummets after 37.
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The platform is designed to provide the US military with a cost-effective deterrence capability that can be produced quickly to meet growing operational demands, according to a statement by Lockheed.
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Japan is enacting its most significant security policy shift since 1954, transitioning from a narrowly defensive posture to robust deterrence.
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In the 31st minute, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi received the ball downfield in front of the box but was thwarted by Haiti's goalkeeper Johny Placide.
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Starmer’s attempt to tackle Britain’s spiralling benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPs.
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The attack’s thwarting was an undeniable success.
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The thwarting of the Charlotte Hornets, one of the NBA’s fastest squads, is the quintessential White play.
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In the sixth inning, Jasson Domínguez battled Skubal for eight pitches, surviving against the stuff that baffled him earlier in the game.
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His mother, Ahmani Hicks, describes him as a kid who loved sports, and she's baffled as to why her son was targeted.
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By integrating detection, deception, and neutralization into a single ecosystem—and leveraging the power of autonomy—Ultra Maritime is redefining how naval forces defend themselves beneath the waves.
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The cross-site scripting in this case appears to result from improper input neutralization during web page generation.
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Huffines defeated Kelly Hancock, a longtime Abbott ally who the governor appointed to the seat in July.
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In the early matchups, Ecuador upset Germany, Ivory Coast beat Curaçao 2-0, the Netherlands defeated Tunisia 3-1, and Japan and Sweden tied 1-1.
Noun
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Those who knew me found this baffling.
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That said, the good outweighs the baffling.
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“Checkmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checkmate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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