choke

Algorithms and AI are used to choke off people’s access to information and make intra-human communication more difficult.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Washington has spent the past decade working to secure choke points of the semiconductor industry: fabrication plants, lithography equipment, advanced packaging, critical minerals and the handful of companies that dominate each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

By forcing ships to turn back from the narrow Bab El Mandeb strait, they have threatened to choke off the main maritime route from Europe to Asia.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Hundreds of actors and directors have signed a letter opposing the merger, warning it would choke production in an industry already battered by years of consolidation and cost-cutting.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Christopher let out a burst of laughter that was also a choke.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

It raises the cost of capital, delays investment and chokes off the very capacity needed to relieve bottlenecks.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 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

In a typical scene, Miss Holland, played by Van der Velden with milkmaid braids and hairy armpits, chokes on the aerosol of a spray tan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

Each winter, thick smog chokes Delhi and its 30 million residents.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

Then John caught Ma’s eye, their smiles faded, and he said, “I miss her till it chokes me.”

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

But the good news, or the kind-of good news, or the “why in God’s name did this take so long” news, is that Infantino has finally choked on an overdose of hubris.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

“I watched him have three seizures. That ICE agent could have choked on his tongue had I not been there.”

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

But if you revisit interviews Donald did after retiring, you’ll notice how often and how quickly he’d get choked up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Central Mayor Ken Dill said some residents were too choked up to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Alicia’s mom got choked up at this but tried not to let Zeke see.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

"These guidelines are tantamount to choking international media in an increasingly shrinking space," said political commentator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Barrels of chemicals and partially finished product had been left in the shed as evidence, still emitting choking vapours when AFP visited.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

But between parasitic infections and the wildfire smoke that’s currently choking U.S. cities, maybe you’d prefer to spend much of this weekend inside.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

As a result of the physical exertion, the former chef claims that she “became dizzy, began choking and gasping for air, and required assistance from security personnel, who intervened by providing water and aid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

The second they broke the surface, Chase took a deep breath of air and started choking.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith