chock
noun
a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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The Axis, especially the Italians, have been chocking reinforcements into Libya all summer, as fast as they could get them past the British.
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