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  • verb Present participle of checkmate.

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Examples

  • I puzzled my head a good deal to find out some way of checkmating the Greeks, as also did Charley, and we broached a thousand expedients which on discussion proved worthless.

    Charley's Coup 2010

  • They are now checkmating the government and the political sphere.

    Matthew Yglesias » Stepping on the Monetary Gas Pedal 2010

  • After a queen exchange there's little chance of a checkmating attack, so getting a pawn to the other side of the board has to be the ultimate aim in most endings.

    How does White promote a pawn? 2010

  • "When a student announces, 'I can't study today because I didn't take my meds,' she's checkmating the teacher, who was most likely never trained to discuss this issue," Rappaport explained.

    An English teacher learns how to deal with medicated students Nancy Schnog 2010

  • Nf7 came 2 Bh2, with the idea of transferring the queen to f4, setting up a checkmating battery.

    The art of a successful attack 2010

  • The West must frown upon the sell of arms to these parties by checkmating their natives arms industries.

    The Obama Administration: Policy for Nigeria and Africa 2009

  • The West must frown upon the sell of arms to these parties by checkmating their natives arms industries.

    What Africa Needs from the West 2009

  • As a result of this grovelling, America and the west are now so weakened that the Ayatollah also felt emboldened to threaten Israel once again with extinction, this time with a ‘third intifada’ over the spurious claim that Israel has attacked the al Aqsa mosque (an incitement which so far has failed to ignite the Palestinians) -- even as Iran moves serenely onwards towards finally checkmating America with its nuclear weapon.

    The contempt of Iran for America 2009

  • As a result of this grovelling, America and the west are now so weakened that the Ayatollah also felt emboldened to threaten Israel once again with extinction, this time with a ‘third intifada’ over the spurious claim that Israel has attacked the al Aqsa mosque (an incitement which so far has failed to ignite the Palestinians) -- even as Iran moves serenely onwards towards finally checkmating America with its nuclear weapon.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • As a result of this grovelling, America and the west are now so weakened that the Ayatollah also felt emboldened to threaten Israel once again with extinction, this time with a ‘third intifada’ over the spurious claim that Israel has attacked the al Aqsa mosque (an incitement which so far has failed to ignite the Palestinians) -- even as Iran moves serenely onwards towards finally checkmating America with its nuclear weapon.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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