chock

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Recent Examples of chock Part of this could be chocked up to the decline in Amazon’s marketing budget. Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 Joe Skipper | Reuters Falcon 9 has been on an unrivaled run of success for nearly a decade, chocking up more than 300 consecutive successful orbital launches since its previous inflight failure in June 2015, during the NASA cargo mission CRS-7. Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 12 July 2024 Well, the top of the first round is expected to chock full of SEC players with perhaps as many as half of their first 10 picks coming from college’s premier conference. Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 June 2023 Drury chocked up the low ticket prices on the secondary market to low expectations for the Red Sox season — Drury himself is frustrated with the team’s offseason moves, or lack thereof — or the chilly weather. Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for chock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chock
Verb
  • Depending on the session, drivers learn braking techniques, vehicle control and high-speed maneuvers with guidance from experienced instructors.
    Chris Teague, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • One time, the car behind Murillo braked to avoid a collision, but Murillo reversed into the vehicle to cause a crash, prosecutors said.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Prepared Hero Fire Blanket is designed to help smother small fires by cutting off their oxygen supply and comes in a ready-to-hang pouch for easy access.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Trump’s threat to cut off foreign trade could endanger growth, further hurting his ratings.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jerry could easily be a caricature of a pretentious artiste stuck overseeing anonymous regional theater productions.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Stubborn and stuck in the past have been thrown around, but Swinney has started to change and engage the transfer portal, bringing in 15 transfers this offseason after adding four the year before and zero in 2024.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Its sales were also hit last year when a cyberattack forced it to halt production for a month.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The crash halted flights at the busy travel hub for much of Sunday afternoon and continued to hamper air travel into Monday.
    David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Diesel prices in Lagos nearly doubled, fishing vessels in Maputo were left on the beach, and construction projects in Addis Ababa stalled, sending workers home.
    Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The loss of six yards on that sack turned out to be quite important as Evans drove down the field inside one minute left in the game, but the Trojans’ drive stalled out at the 18-yard line as time expired.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • At least 22 people were killed and many injured when a fire tore through a crowded wedding in a Kinshasa neighborhood hall, as panicked guests jammed narrow corridors to escape.
    Saleh Mwanamilongo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Its PreciSense LiDAR navigation quickly maps your layout to create efficient cleaning routes, while its dual anti-tangle system keeps pet hair and fibers from jamming the brushes.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Palau’s turn as host also comes as the summit’s leaders try once more to draw up a structure governing how other countries are permitted involvement in its meetings.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Drawing up a bubble screen lateral from your own 25, and the trusting that the receiver A) stays behind the line of scrimmage, and then B) gets the ball down field enough to give his guy a chance is such a ballsy play to draw up.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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“Chock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chock. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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