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Evidence shows that rising temperatures choke economic activity, and that climate inaction imperils growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Higher mortgage rates will likely continue to choke the housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

“I’ve got great reservations and deep doubts about the effect of the new plan to get rid of all parking and choke traffic down to one lane,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The giant wad of cash splurged on all this would choke an elephant.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

I could hardly speak; my heart was so full that even those words seemed to choke me.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

A lifelong Parton fan, Hadley chokes up while detailing how she was at work when a friend texted to say the singer had died.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Swap out your air filter: A clogged filter chokes airflow, forcing your AC to guzzle more power to do the same job.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Doctors must administer high doses of Eisai/Biogen’s Leqembi and Lilly’s Kisunla, because only a fraction of 1% of the infused antibodies reach the amyloid plaque that chokes brain cells in Alzheimer’s.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The flea-sized psyllid bites the leaves and transmits the disease, which slowly chokes out the tree’s vascular system from the inside, taking years to finally show itself.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Sounds did come out of her mouth, sobs, chokes, noises that were almost words.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

As Iranian attacks on ships choked off that waterway, the kingdom shifted millions of barrels through its East-West Pipeline to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea ever since Iran's Hormuz blockade choked off its shipments via the Gulf.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“In the U.S., people who don’t speak Spanish have invited us to their homes and let us sleep on their couches,” he says, a little choked up with emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The impact has been felt as far as the US Midwest, where smoke had choked the air in cities.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Are you a jerk?” he said, and I almost choked on the forkful of salad I’d just put in my mouth.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

He has been at the camp ever since but suddenly, as we were talking, the sadness of what is happening to his country overwhelmed him and he turned his head away, choking back tears.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

All of these took a toll on the industry, but none of them proved as ruinous as citrus greening, a disease that clogs trees’ vascular systems, choking off water and nutrients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Signs of sleep apnoea, a disorder that causes a person's breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep, include pauses in breathing, choking at night, waking frequently, and suffering from morning headaches.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

"When the number finally arrived, it was larger than the original commitment but still too small to satisfy a market already choking on duration."

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The tears rose in his eyes, and there was a momentary choking in his throat; he said quite calmly:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker