chocking

present participle of chock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocking
Verb
  • Each trike benefits from a hydraulic brake at each wheel, with 180-mm rotors, and the rear lighting setup includes a braking tail-light plus turn signaling.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This included the landing gear failed to deploy, along with reverse thrusters, which redirect engine thrust forward and are crucial for braking.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other work from Kossin, a former scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who teaches at the University of Wisconsin, stands out for showing a trend toward slower-moving or even stalling North Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes at or near landfall.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action.
    Ames Alexander, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the cozy Walker's Point restaurant — plus cooking school, plus event space — has been going strong since, sticking strong to its mission to support local farmers in every season.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And yet, hiring a college coach to manage means sticking your neck out in a way that no top baseball executive ever has.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and environmental advocacy group the Friends of the Everglades filed an early lawsuit that resulted in halting the construction of Alligator Alcatraz, arguing that the facility harms the fragile ecosystem of the Everglades.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In January, Lau entered a Rule 11 agreement with Paxton, halting her from practicing.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Per the trailer, the duo decide that her hair must go and end up shaving it off — a drastic change that Stone embraced, cutting off her naturally blond locks for the role.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • It was recently revealed that Andrew lied about cutting off his relationship with Epstein.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turner spoke with an arresting conviction, locating Canada’s fate in geography, history, and its defining quest to defy manifest destiny and political gravity.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In Douala, Cameroon’s economic hub, security forces used water cannons and tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, arresting close to 100.
    Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Somehow, the obstacle was reducing pressure from building at the exit, preventing the grains from jamming up.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Ford also carries electronic-jamming aircraft, airborne early warning and control planes, cargo and passenger planes and helicopters.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The plant is in the sixth year of dismantling above-ground structures, which is scheduled to wrap up by the end of 2028.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • By embracing mobile and AI tools, SIFF isn’t chasing trends but dismantling barriers, turning digital literacy into artistic agency.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Chocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocking. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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