checkers

British

/ ˈtʃɛkəz /

noun

(functioning as singular) a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces

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Colonists played chess, checkers, dominoes and backgammon, among other diversions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Local families would visit each other to talk, make music and play simple games like cards or checkers.

From The Wall Street Journal

A handful of basic electronic games—think checkers and tic-tac-toe—were designed in laboratories going back to at least the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal

It said it would also echo Musk's changes at X with a "community notes" tool for users to label misleading posts, after making cuts to moderation and fact checkers.

From BBC

“The developers were playing chess while the city was playing checkers,” said Evan Minogue, a Santa Barbara resident opposed to the development.

From Los Angeles Times

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