checkmate

Example Sentences

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But will either help their team to a checkmate position by full-time?

From BBC

“At the moment I’m afraid it does look like checkmate but whether he can save himself, we’ll see.”

From Washington Times

Steve Baker told the BBC a growing rebellion from Tory MPs over gatherings in No 10 "looks like checkmate" for the prime minister.

From BBC

The new pipeline is “giving Putin a checkmate over Western Europe” and limiting Germany’s engagement on sanctions and other preemptive measures that lawmakers from both parties want, Waltz said.

From Seattle Times

It insisted the game was a draw, even though I had thoroughly checkmated my kid.

From The Verge