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Recent Examples of chock
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.
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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
Stories chock full of ghosts, goblins, demons, vampires, and the remaining cadre of beings that go bump in the night?
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
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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
Stories chock full of ghosts, goblins, demons, vampires, and the remaining cadre of beings that go bump in the night?
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chock
Verb
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Just over a minute later, the SUV was seen on video going under the overpass, then braking.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
30 July 2025
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Unpredictable prices, uncertain markets The piece of equipment that’s stranded in Field’s factory – an electrical resistor that aids braking on an industrial truck – is a daily reminder of just how connected Post Glover and thousands of other American companies are to the rest of the world.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The compilation of rapid-fire clips also features police officers running through the halls, a baby squirming and a cast being cut off.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Aug. 2025
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This would also require a massive new effort to supply Europe with natural gas from non-Russian sources and to supply India with oil, which would cut off Russia's main revenue stream.—
John Davenport,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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And since this show isn’t called Gareth: Resurrection, Dexter overtakes him and sticks the broken glass into the man’s neck.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
15 Aug. 2025
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The vast majority of the 15,000-plus who packed Pine Knob were happy to stick it out for the sentimental, sing-along ride.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Brann halted his own ruling from going into effect until after the Trump administration had a chance to appeal and see what the higher courts say.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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In July, a group of Apache women filed their own lawsuit to halt the land exchange at Oak Flat.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Negotiations over a new contract for Vinicius Jr have stalled, with the Brazilian’s dip in form since missing out on the 2024 Ballon d’Or trophy concerning the Madrid hierarchy.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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But over the past two years, the state’s housing market has significantly stalled – a harbinger of what is now happening in other areas of the country.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Here’s what the two of them play, watch, and jam out to together.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
18 Aug. 2025
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Trump and Republicans are pulling out all the stops to shift the political ground, including jamming through a controversial mid-decade redistricting effort in Texas aimed at picking up five seats for the GOP.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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California legislators — Democrats control both branches of the statehouse — would draw up the new maps and pose them to voters in November.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
11 Aug. 2025
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Jason and Katie drew up the numbers and set a goal to save $60,000 for the move.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Chock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chock. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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