choking

Example Sentences

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The war in Iran is driving up prices by effectively choking off shipments from the Persian Gulf countries, which supply about one-fifth of the aluminum consumed in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The Iran war has disrupted the global fertilizer market, choking off the Strait of Hormuz and raising nitrogen prices 30% to 50%.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

American oil producers on the Gulf Coast have reaped a bonanza from the choking off of energy supplies moving through the key Strait of Hormuz near Iran.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Hazardous haze has also been choking people elsewhere in South East Asia, with the most number of hotspots flaring up across Malaysia and Indonesia in seven years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He stared awhile at what we had to sell, and made an effort to say something and tried again and at last he said, choking, “The bullocks must go. Otherwise we shall not have enough.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya