checkmate
Example Sentences
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But unlike the megahits “Cats” and “Phantom of the Opera,” “Chess” was checkmated shortly after it arrived in New York in a swell of London fanfare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
"She's almost checkmated herself. She can't U-turn. And pressing on seems terminal too," a former Downing Street spinner observes.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2022
It insisted the game was a draw, even though I had thoroughly checkmated my kid.
From The Verge ● Nov. 5, 2021
Both outcomes would ensure, they calculated, a shift in the regional balance of power in their favor and that their geopolitical rival Iran would be checkmated for the foreseeable future.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2019
Papa had just checkmated Jaja when we heard the martial music on the radio, the solemn strains making us stop to listen.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
