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throttle

[throt-l] / ˈθrɒt l /


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In any event, the Maverick’s Normal mode drivability suffers from the overly elastic throttle at low speed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Class 2 includes a throttle, but is also capped at 20 miles per hour.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

He will probably do that at full throttle, too.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

VPNs encrypt traffic, making it difficult for internet service providers to detect and throttle specific activities, such as streaming.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Then I hit the throttle and the twin rocket boosters in each of the robot’s feet ignited, launching it upward, out of my stronghold and into Falco’s star-filled sky.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

They have throttles and much more powerful motors and may only be ridden legally on private land with the owner's permission.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Plus: AI build-out fuels warehouse demand; war throttles another chokepoint: the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But if an internet service provider throttles traffic in response to data caps, a VPN can’t stop that.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

“You never know what the body throttles back,” Treinen said earlier in camp.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2026

They opened their throttles to full speed, and even then they were only just able to keep up.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

Oil fields and refineries that throttled production or sustained damage during the war will need to be brought back online.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Persian Gulf nations that throttled oil production will need time to restart operations and ships may wait to attempt passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

But that has been throttled since the war as Iran largely closed the strait, throwing global markets into turmoil and driving up oil prices.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

Oil rebounded and Asian equities fell early Thursday as marine traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained throttled amid a fragile U.S.-Iran cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

Mrs. Cobb breathed heavily, and her hands throttled the chair arms.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Train wi-fi performed well just 1% of the time, with train companies criticised for using outdated technology and throttling internet speeds too much.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Privacy A VPN’s raison d’être: encrypting your traffic to mask your internet browsing from your ISP and prevent it from throttling your connection.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

The company has faced a computing power crunch that has led to outages, throttling and slower performance for its Claude AI model.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Anthropic has already been throttling back its usage limits for Claude.

From MarketWatch Apr. 18, 2026

“You can’t do that!” wailed the owner of Bud’s boat, throttling back hard.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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