checkmated

past tense of checkmate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for checkmated
Verb
  • During his loan spell with Leeds, Spence frustrated their head coach Daniel Farke with his timekeeping.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Some actors might choose to step away from such a thing, or even be frustrated by it or it being brought up in interviews, but Fischer clearly enjoys every last moment of her good fortune from a former era, even now.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many commenters were baffled no one wanted to match with McBride.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Those are the same factors that left observers baffled by how the fire was handled a month earlier.
    Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Talking to Bill Nighy about his star turn as a frail and at times broken novelist in & Sons is rather hampered by the British actor not having seen director Pablo Trapero’s father-and-son drama on a screen of any size ahead of its world premiere on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Currently, only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in the county each year is recycled — and even that is hampered by a 40% contamination rate.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kohberger ultimately accepted a plea deal, avoiding the death penalty and receiving four consecutive life sentences, plus additional years, a move that split the victims’ families between those who welcome closure to those who say justice was thwarted.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the growing momentum in support of a ban, there's still significant opposition to it — the same opposition that has thwarted past attempts to enact limits on congressional stock trading beyond those contained in the 2012 STOCK Act.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And after Detroit defeated Green Bay, 34-31, in Week 14 last season, many Packers talked about wanting to see the Lions again in the postseason.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The team defeated the 49ers, 20-3, in front of a record-setting crowd.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Checkmated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checkmated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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