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The threshold at which higher borrowing costs truly choke off growth remains an open question.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Pjetri said: "Unless they choke the second-hand tool market, this problem will always be there."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

When the girl turns Miss Saunders’s way, I almost choke on my spit.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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

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

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

I walk up the stairs with Christina, and the crowd chokes me.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

The Saudi East-West pipeline had been a key alternative route for oil shipments from the kingdom while Hormuz was choked off.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

A scent of ancient decay choked his nostrils.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

As Indonesia battles its worst wildfire season in a decade, a toxic smog is choking millions of residents in the region.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The school closures came as Malaysia's leader discussed the choking smoke with his Indonesian counterpart and called for an urgent regional meeting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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

The agency gave it the green light in March as a second-line tool to be used only after traditional methods for dealing with choking have failed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

All of us are hot, sweaty, choking on lint.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes