as in to brake
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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
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One alarming story comes via London Centric, which earlier this year reported on an alarming trend of legs broken when Lime bikes fall on riders after problems braking.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The agency opened the probe last May after the vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists, which led to minor injuries.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
6 May 2025
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Elon Musk suggests creating a new political party amid Trump rift Trump threatens to cut off Musk's subsidies.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2025
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But cutting off students and visiting scholars could hamstring the university’s research and global standing.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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Only a year ago, Google released AI Overviews, a search feature that told users to eat rocks and use glue to stick cheese to pizza.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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In fact, a 2019 Aflac survey of over 1,600 American adults found that 53% reported halting use of company products because of disliking a company’s stance on an issue.—
Lauren Howe,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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As the protest grew more rowdy, several Waymo autonomous vehicles were set on fire in the downtown area, prompting the company to halt service to downtown LA.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
9 June 2025
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Though House approval is still needed, the Senate vote marked a major hurdle, because the stadium incentives stalled there last month.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2025
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Murphy has stalled efforts to carry out deportations of migrants who can’t be returned to their home countries, Sauer wrote.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Among the methods being examined: Using radio signals to jam drones or force them to land.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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While resupply can be done with only limited user interactions and limited control system, shooting requires a direct user feed, which is susceptible to jamming.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Money Laundering Inquiry: U.S. agents drew up a request to examine whether Bukele and senior officials had diverted USAID funds to help out MS-13 gang members.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 June 2025
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Student loan caps proposed When President Donald Trump asked Republicans to find billions of dollars in federal spending cuts, GOP lawmakers in the House drew up measures to eliminate or dramatically curb many student loan programs.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
12 June 2025
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“Chock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chock. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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