checkmate
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As Kagan put it, “if this isn’t checkmate, it’s close.”
From Salon • May 12, 2026
But the moment Washington forced an error by the Broncos’ defense, the Huskies called checkmate.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025
Ackman presented the director’s allyship as a checkmate even though, once again, neither he nor Oxman denied any of the reporting on the substance.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2024
"People who think that this is a chessboard and they can move a few pawns here and there and have a checkmate move at the end. This isn't going to happen," she says.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023
“Oh I suppose not,” she sighed, and she sat down to watch their chess match, which culminated in an exciting checkmate of Ron’s, involving a couple of recklessly brave pawns and a very violent bishop.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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