chockablock

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Recent Examples of chockablock The walls are chockablock with paintings of former presidents in heavily ornate gold frames. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025 The battles are chockablock with clashing swords and explosions; more whimsical stuff, such as a house made of sheep wool and another constructed entirely of mushrooms, is relegated to background-joke status. David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025 This was the chockablock 400-level section of the collection: the section for the Nigo-ologists and their Pharrell-ospher classmates. Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The idiosyncratic duplex penthouse is chockablock with treasures by a pantheon of 20th-century design titans on the order of Mario Bellini, Osvaldo Borsani, Angelo Mangiarotti, Gae Aulenti, Gio Ponti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Joe Colombo, Tito Agnoli, and others. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 That is chockablock with antioxidants, thanks to grape seeds culled from Huynh’s family’s vineyard near Bordeaux, called Château Toulouse-Lautrec. Jennifer Weil, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024 The archives are chockablock with certain-sounding predictions — frequently with an ideological subtext — that proved simply wrong. Neil Irwin, Axios, 24 July 2024 The dueling titans are building foundations in Hollywood that could be transformative not only for their many brands—which are chockablock with unplumbed archives—but also for the entertainment business, which knows how to tell a compelling tale. Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chockablock
Adjective
  • Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The discussion was enlivened by questions from a packed house of students and cinephiles.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the packed schedule of Milan, amid fashion shows and presentations, there’s also room for exhibitions and launches of new brands.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ravenna offers a less crowded alternative to popular Italian destinations like Venice and Rome.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Forever remembered and loved In the crowded police conference room, love for Rylo filled the air.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The gun fired — but the second round in the magazine repeatedly jammed.
    Greg Allen, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • For Orange shoppers, the bigger space at the corner of Tustin Street and Meats Avenue will help with the seemingly ever present crowd, which swells to long lines and jammed aisles (and parking lot), especially during the Chapman University school year.
    Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The correspondence, delivered through an Emirati intermediary, offered full cooperation if Iran agreed to suspend its nuclear program.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Gwyneth Paltrow, for one, made her version of luxury a little louder in a full monogrammed look, while Alex Consani ensconced herself in fuzzy leopard print.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Campbell was serving a 24-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter with an enhancement for committing a violent felony causing great bodily injury while in a street gang and carrying a loaded firearm in public.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Detectives searched the family’s home on June 20 and found Everton Thomas armed with a loaded firearm, as well as bloodstains in the house, the prosecutor’s office said.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The school set up care stations with counseling, candy and stuffed animals.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Expect to see lots of rock exhibits and stuffed animals, including a replica of a Glyptodon, an armadillo-like mammal with a large, tortoise-like shell.
    Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Chockablock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chockablock. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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