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choke

[chohk] / tʃoʊk /


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They just want to rally together for the final time to choke out one last laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Everyone knew how this fight would go: Nurmagomedov would take Iaquinta down to the mat, wear him down, and eventually choke him out.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

"If I didn't have a bottle of water in my hand, I couldn't swallow and I would choke on my own saliva," he explained.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

That might seem like good news to those of us who have had to choke down hotel-room coffee to perk up after a grueling travel day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I choke and I tell him, “They didn’t know. They couldn’t know.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor




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