suffocating

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"Suffocating is maybe putting it too strongly, but I feel sometimes I can't breathe freely in Scotland," she tells the BBC's Newscast podcast.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Suffocating is different from a heart attack, different from a stroke.

From Slate • May 30, 2020

Suffocating under contradictions, I just lay back and resigned myself.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018

Suffocating another comeback attempt by Western Albemarle with another scoring flurry in the Virginia 4A state championship, the Titans decided to ring in the impending unprecedented ending with a touch of levity.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2016

The asphyxiating gases employed may be divided into three general classes, viz: Suffocating gases, the most common of which are carbonic and nitrogen.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)