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
  • Prosecutors said Huerta tried to brake-check officers and even put the tow truck in reverse and drove toward officers at one point.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Ram will even sell you a 392 Track Pack, which adds better aero, handling, and braking for $82,790 total.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • This is designed to cut off the oxygen supply – useful in kitchens, cars, camping and more.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The organisms would have to have been either blown in by the wind or left over from a time when seawater was cut off from the ocean as water levels fell and the glacier moved into place over it at some point around two million years ago.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Oba Femi punched the chair out of Brock’s hand and stuck him with the Fall from Grace for the win.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Sparks, meanwhile, are stuck in their rebuild limbo, with several veterans on long-term contracts and just Rae Burrell on an expiring contract.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Last week, the UN human rights chief Volker Türk called on Israel to end its occupation and halt the demolition of homes.
    Ava Bambuck, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Some production lines were temporarily halted and supply chains disrupted.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • He’s been working as a clerk and is representing himself in an appeal, which stalled out in November, when Brun stopped filing paperwork.
    Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Despite the heavy hitters attached, momentum has since stalled on the sci-fi project and it's sadly been shelved for the immediate future.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But the cops were still jammed up by 2006, mainly because the medical examiner didn’t definitively rule her death a homicide.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
  • Drones are vulnerable to jamming and require constant recharging, which, because of their thermal signatures, electromagnetic signals, and charging noises, can give away troop positions.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The Athletic has previously reported that Grafstrom was not aware of the FFE scheme, which had been drawn up by Infantino.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Understand there had yet to be a plan drawn up as to what the space would look like once complete.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Chock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chock. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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