suffocate

Despite U.S. efforts to suffocate the smuggling, Tehran reaped around $31 billion in oil revenue from China last year, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressional group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

“Take advantage of the time you have ahead of you to understand risk better. Don’t suffocate your portfolio” by allocating too much for income-based investments.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

He produced three glorious passing shots - two off the backhand and one off the forehand - and moved well behind the baseline to suffocate Durasovic.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Their breath was believed to poison the air and suffocate the land, especially in swampy regions where disease was common.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026

She was hugging Via so hard I thought Via would suffocate, but Via was laughing.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

In mixing the cerebral with the sensual, Eusexua mostly succeeds – but occasionally the precision of Twigs' vision suffocates the spontaneity she was aiming for.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025

However, if there is too much calcium, the mitochondrial processes become unbalanced and the cell suffocates.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

For much of the summer, Lake Okeechobee suffocates under toxic, blue-green algae blooms fed by fertilizer runoff from farms.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

In Los Angeles County alone, a baby suffocates nearly every week while sleeping, according to the infant safe sleep campaign from the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

This atmosphere of carbolic and gangrene clogs the lungs, it is a thick gruel, it suffocates.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

It was a game New England nearly blew but didn’t; it was a potential loss that could have suffocated playoff hopes, but the Patriots completed the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

If these were suffocated by crude oil, "the consequences can be enormous to all species," Rosenstrom added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

“I feel suffocated and breathless when it is too hot,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

She said one of her babies went blue and almost suffocated when she tried to breastfeed her.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Although our spacious dining room gave way to an even wider living room, I felt suffocated.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"We can't take it anymore, we're suffocating," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Scientists suspect that the combination of high heat and a suffocating deep-tropical air mass will be considered the worst humidity the region has experienced in the modern era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

His high-press, suffocating style was once revolutionary but is now firmly in the mainstream.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

When Uncle Max and I are in the same room together, the tension is suffocating.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman