strangle

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With the Iran war continuing to strangle Middle East oil supplies, public transit agencies looking to add passengers might expect high gas prices to incentivize people to ride the rails more than ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The so-called strangle strategy entails buying a put option and call option that are below and above the market, respectively, and that share the same expiration date.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The choice of mediocre investments can strangle the flow of endowment money to pay for yet more administrators.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

The famous Facebook motto “Move fast and break things” is cute, but a better Silicon Valley mantra would be “Go around and strangle things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Fear and panic threaten to strangle me; I knot them up and shove them away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir