chocked

past tense of chock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocked
Verb
  • The father tried to close the door but the cousin had jammed a foot in the doorway to prevent the door from closing.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Pegula was often the first to change direction in rallies and constantly jammed Sabalenka with body serves to stop her from unleashing returns.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Months later, the program is still stalled.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Research shows the gender pay gap has been closing for decades, but progress has nearly stalled since the mid-1990s as wage growth for both men and women has flattened.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The microwave filter is crucial for protecting your microwave's internal parts from gunk getting stuck or the fans from overheating.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • With anxiety, you’re stuck in hypothetical scenarios.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bennett Lembke, a 34-year-old Caldwell resident, was arrested following a traffic stop in Thurston County, Washington, after Boise police identified him as the suspect and issued a warrant, the agency said in a news release Thursday evening.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Fort Worth police arrested him on suspicion of two offenses.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an ongoing accident investigation.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Preseason injuries and an abysmal start to the game halted any opportunity for the Dolphins to dominate on the ground, but where does that leave them moving forward?
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But some scientists, while endorsing the need to drastically reduce planet-heating pollution, warned against cutting off research into polar geoengineering.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This was in Brighton, in the south of England, in a valley, cut off from the outside world.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Tennessee, state lawmakers dismantled existing oversight boards and replaced them with advisory bodies that are expressly prohibited from conducting investigations.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Within scientific branches of government, the currency of checks and balances has always been data; Kennedy and his allies have forcibly dismantled those guardrails.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nineteen hours after departure the train took its final breath, hissed and braked into the historic port of Narvik.
    The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Crash construction data showed Mefford sped up to nearly 58 miles per hour from 40 miles per hour, then braked about half a second before the crash, according to Post-Tribune archives.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Chocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocked. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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