choke

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

If you miss your monthly payment to Amazon Oxygen, will you choke to death?

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

The attacks come as the U.S. imposes a naval blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas to choke off Iran’s economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 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

All their jokes matched the corniness of Ms. Wockley's non-joke, which made them laugh even harder, Gregory half choking because laugh plus spray equals choke.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 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

She beams as she talks about the partner who "brought her spark back", but chokes down tears as she explains that in a few days Barry may be gone.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

He chokes here, on the word hero, he spits it out like it tastes bad.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Then the Strait of Hormuz closed and choked off the world’s most important artery.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Another customer got choked up looking at the debris of the business Sunday evening as she told ABC7 how the owner had been there for her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The announcement came as a deadly heatwave choked 150 million people across western Europe with temperatures above 35C.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

“I can tell by your eyes you’re already starting to doubt me,” she said in a voice that was strangely choked.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Her first symptom was choking “badly” on some water in December 2024, then she had migraines and problems swallowing pills.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

It gradually got worse and after waking up in the middle of the night choking and throwing up he said he knew "there was something badly wrong".

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The combination could let Warsh shrink the Fed’s footprint without choking off the economy.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

Nim wanted to look down into the crater, but the cloud of steam was too thick to see through and too choking to breathe.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr