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Recent Examples of chock
Officers then pushed the Mazda into a parking spot, chocked the tires, and contacted the respective car owners, who planned to handle the damages privately.
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Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2019
Make sure your car is in gear, with the parking brake set and the tires chocked.
—Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2018
Then set the car’s parking brake, chock an opposite wheel with a rock or block of wood, then pop off the hub cap with the blade-end of the jack handle.
—Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Aug. 2017
Officers had to chock the wheels to keep the bus from rolling.
—Donna McGuire Judy L. Thomas, kansascity, 27 July 2017
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Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2019
Make sure your car is in gear, with the parking brake set and the tires chocked.
—Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2018
Then set the car’s parking brake, chock an opposite wheel with a rock or block of wood, then pop off the hub cap with the blade-end of the jack handle.
—Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Aug. 2017
Officers had to chock the wheels to keep the bus from rolling.
—Donna McGuire Judy L. Thomas, kansascity, 27 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chock
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The switch between regenerative and friction braking during a single pedal movement can cause a vehicle's brakes to grab differently resulting in a slow or stop that is not smooth.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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New York Open Data showed that certain types of delays, such as those related to braking issues, rail and roadbed problems and service delivery, decreased on the A line from September to December.—
Nic F. Anderson,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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So, if the cut off on money owed is June 30, 2029, for example, then Medved or a school hiring him would need $1.85 million to buy out the rest of his current contract.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Some congregants had completely cut off communication with their own parents or grandparents because their families wouldn’t match their devotion to Rose and the church.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Keep Ilia’s Eye Stylus shadow stick on hand for this, in a hue like Nectar that’s a summery peach.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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Our readers, however, are sticking a local icon: Arthur Bryant’s.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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After court battles earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily halted Hoffman's execution by nitrogen gas last week, issuing a preliminary injunction to stop the state from immediately carrying out his death sentence.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Their efforts to halt construction were ultimately unsuccessful, however, and the pipeline started operating in June 2017.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Unable to find the right gear, the Wild finally stalled and got their doors, windows and tires blown off at home for the umpteenth time this season.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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The state prosecutor's office went in with a backhoe, dogs and devices to find inconsistencies in the ground, but then the investigation inexplicably stalled.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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His novels jam almost too much life into their pages.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
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The rally, organized by unions representing area federal employees, jammed the sidewalk across from the Internal Revenue Service campus at midday.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2025
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Thus empowered, McKinley drew up a bill that raised or maintained import duties on a broad range of manufactured goods, including woollens, cottons, earthenware, iron, steel, and metal products.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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In the team’s final timeout, coach Hubert Davis drew up a play to get RJ Davis, the team’s leading scorer and the reigning ACC Player of the Year, open for a potential score-tying 3-point attempt.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Chock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chock. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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