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If rates go high enough, it could even choke off the current economic expansion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The new king appeared to choke back tears as he noted that Saturday would have been their 58th wedding anniversary.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

I choke back a laugh, which makes Emily grin, and she does a little curtsy.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Gas markets are facing a major squeeze, with liquefied-natural-gas output set for its steepest annual decline on record as the Iran war chokes off supplies and intensifies competition among importers, the International Energy Agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Incredibly frequent fire, triggered by near-constant human ignitions, slowly chokes out native species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 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

When truth is buried underground, it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

When we bought the place, I envisioned our children running wild in the backyard under the climbing wisteria, but the wisteria is invasive, and it ate away at our fence and choked the rhododendrons.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

That is 10.5 million barrels a day above March’s monthly average, when the war initially choked exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Life is precious. Hundreds of people have died but I survived," the father of two told AFP, his voice choked with emotion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Eddie Hearn choked up mid-sentence during the final news conference when it dawned on him this was the last time he would experience a Taylor fight week.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

I opened it and nearly choked to death on air.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Energy exports from the Gulf have plunged since US-Israeli strikes on Iran from February caused Tehran to respond by choking off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas transit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Who's to blame for the toxic haze choking South East Asia?

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

A lawsuit that accused an Orange County Board of Education trustee of choking and attacking a neighbor during a road rage incident has been dismissed, court records show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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

Instead I coughed, trying to get the smoke choking me to come out.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce