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
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 July 2024
Who was the chess master, making each move with precision, making the right gambit, using his pawns, and waiting for the right moment to attack, and then simply calling checkmate?
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
And Callaghan made the two moves that put Canada in checkmate.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
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In the last episode, Mya checkmated Tommy with one simple question and has proven her wisdom in the pretrial phase.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 July 2024
Who was the chess master, making each move with precision, making the right gambit, using his pawns, and waiting for the right moment to attack, and then simply calling checkmate?
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
Chess grandmasters have, in various epochs, played all the way through to the checkmate, rather than ending the game when an opponent resigns early to save face.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
And Callaghan made the two moves that put Canada in checkmate.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2023
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In southeastern Utah, the whipsaw of American politics is playing out on the ground, frustrating everyone, and with no end in sight.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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This frustrates users, who watch Apple’s everyone, everywhere updates with some envy.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Five years later, the threat of a direct confrontation between the U.S. and Iran remains substantial as Tehran weighs its options to maintain deterrence in the midst of an ongoing conflict across the region.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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The result is a hollow form of internationalism that has sometimes resulted in disastrous failures of deterrence.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the attack had been thwarted.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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No sitting president pressuring a vice president to thwart the process.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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And like so many fans, Pomeroy is baffled by the CFP selection process.Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Returning to a solely home console or handheld game system would be baffling (though handheld- or console-only variants like the Nintendo Switch Lite aren't out of the question as alternative models).Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
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Twenty-three years later, Uvalde proved that the priority must still be placed upon neutralization, regardless of equipment, armor and personnel training.Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Jan. 2024
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Specialist incident response providers can also assist in areas beyond the immediate neutralization of the attack, such as root cause analysis, to identify how the adversaries compromised your organization.Robert Harrison, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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In a nearly a three-hour match Friday in Melbourne, Vekić defeated No. 12 seed Diana Shnaider 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-5 to advance to the round of 16.Jill Martin, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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United defeated Southampton 3-1 on Thursday night thanks to Amad’s late hat-trick to move Amorim’s side up to 12th in the Premier League, but the visitors — who are 10 points from safety — caused them plenty of problems.Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Which dyes carry more risks than others is also unclear due to the lack of research and funding, which is hampered by industry lobbying, added Mande, CEO of Nourish Science, a nongovernmental organization focused on US nutrition crises.Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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The delay also gives the two sides time to put the lawsuit to rest, which would otherwise hamper any negotiations.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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That makes jury sympathy or nullification more likely.Erin Keller, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Carter’s Civil Aeronautics Board Example Conscious nullification was uppermost in mind when the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 shuttered the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Checkmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/checkmate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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