chock
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It is a wildly entertaining series, chock full of nostalgia and anchored by a cast that provides a masterclass in genre-blind performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Agility operates in a niche market that’s already chock full of rivals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
It already bore the hallmarks of her best work: Rhythmically and lyrically dextrous, and chock full of personality.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
"When you think about existing cancer genes and the DNA sequences around them, they're just chock full of these repeats," says Victor E. Velculescu, M.D.,
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
“You know it’s chock full of information, and some of it might be exactly what Mr. Benedict needs....”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
The FAA said airlines should review their safety programs to make sure they follow practices including keeping workers clear of planes until they are stopped and chocks are placed under the wheels.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
The chocks on the tires of the Vickers Vimy biplane were pulled away while several men struggled to hold the converted bomber from leaping into the air.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022
Then, to help preserve climbing routes from disfigurement, Chouinard changed to aluminium chocks that could be wedged in by hand and did not leave a trace behind.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2017
Concerned about the degradation of rock, they stopped making pitons and instead came out with aluminum chocks that you could wedge into and remove from cracks without leaving any gear or scars behind.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016
But the cargo plane was already in motion, rolling slowly away from its chocks.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
The next morning, we rushed him to a local veterinarian where they chocked his symptoms up to a minor stomach virus.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2022
In the west, hundreds of protesters chocked intersections along Pacific Highway with vehicles leading to the Canada-U.S. border crossing in South Surrey, British Columbia.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2022
“We saw consumers thinking of inflation and supply chains being chocked, so the ultimate pantry loading happened in October,” Kathy Gramling, a consumer industry markets consultant for EY.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
At first site, there was a supremely colorful wall, chocked with climbing doodads and fake boulders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
My hair blew straight back but the plane didn’t budge forward because Dad had the wheels chocked with big wedges of firewood.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
These range from the inferior to the dangerous, including toxic plastics, chemicals, and small parts that aren't properly attached "that can then pose a chocking hazard".
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
The crowd gave Robinson a long standing ovation as he closed his homily, chocking back tears.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2018
“That’s a lot of wisdom from a 10-year-old,” he said chocking up.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2018
“I told him that at the time, I can’t fight another battle,” Ammon Bundy recalled, chocking back sobs.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2016
"All right, then," said the skipper, chocking his axe viciously into a sapling birch and leaving it there, "I'll fill away on another tack."
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
