as in to frustrate
to prevent from achieving a goal
finally checkmated the billionaire in his attempt to take over the movie studio
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Recent Examples of checkmate
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Losing a game of chess is never fun; however, setting aflame a custom wax king piece when checkmated is losing with style.
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Ayah Imran,
Freep.com,
17 July 2025
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Dec. 2025
And then in the third round of chess – checkmate.
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Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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Verb
That was checkmate, as Martinez grounded out meekly to end the season.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Losing a game of chess is never fun; however, setting aflame a custom wax king piece when checkmated is losing with style.
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Ayah Imran,
Freep.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
Simmons, a sophomore from Duncanville just south of Dallas, has certainly racked up his share of checkmates over the past two seasons with 20 total sacks.
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Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Dec. 2025
And then in the third round of chess – checkmate.
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Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for checkmate
Verb
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Trump’s rogue moves have frustrated Thune’s party regularly over the past two months.
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David Rubenstein, the son of a Baltimore postal worker, was frustrated in a Washington law firm when he was both inspired by a wildly successful leveraged buyout and unnerved by a book that claimed the odds of successfully starting a company plummets after 37.
Noun
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Allied participation should likewise be expanded so that deterrence is shared rather than carried by Washington alone for the benefit of freeloaders who consume Middle Eastern hydrocarbons and fertilizers.
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That is why ballistic missiles are central to nuclear deterrence.
Verb
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The group’s open letter calls on Bonta to take action to thwart the Ellison expansion effort.
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Nicolas Pepe had a shot from roughly 10 yards out that was thwarted by Norway goalkeeper Orjan Haskjold Nyland with his leg.
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The attack’s thwarting was an undeniable success.
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The thwarting of the Charlotte Hornets, one of the NBA’s fastest squads, is the quintessential White play.
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His focus on the voting bill, instead of signing one that tackles a top issue for voters, has left some GOP strategists baffled.
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Keith played conservative social climber Margo Leadbetter, who is baffled by her neighbor Tom's sustainability-centric lifestyle with wife Barbara Good (Felicity Kendal).
Noun
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The two antibodies also worked additively, producing stronger neutralization together than either antibody achieved alone.
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By integrating detection, deception, and neutralization into a single ecosystem—and leveraging the power of autonomy—Ultra Maritime is redefining how naval forces defend themselves beneath the waves.
Verb
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Egypt defeated Australia 4-2 in a penalty-kick shootout Friday after the teams played to a 1-1 tie after 120 minutes in Arlington, Texas.
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The short version is that after defeating the Kilrathi at the climax of Wing Commander 3, Mark Hamill’s Christopher Blair retires to a backwater world to live out a life in peace and obscurity.
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Those who knew me found this baffling.
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That said, the good outweighs the baffling.
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“Checkmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checkmate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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