suffocate

“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

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

Western powers have imposed increasingly severe sanctions to suffocate the smuggling network, but Wednesday’s action—the latest in a recent string of assaults against the shadow fleet—demonstrates a more decisive approach to stamping it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Don’t let your plants dry out or sit in water, because that will suffocate the roots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

The smell of azaleas and the creeping loneliness that climbed over me as I poked around Suffolk had begun to suffocate me.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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

As Spain suffocates under high temperatures, ice on its mountains is melting.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 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

And often sound does not quite become a word but suffocates or floats away over me half finished; an arch, a pathway, a comet.

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

And in what was Liverpool's best half of the tour, Isak looked sharp and Wirtz scored as they suffocated Leeds with their press and moved the ball around with confidence.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

"It speaks about inner fears, self-doubt, and the feeling of being emotionally suffocated by our own expectations. It was never intended to represent anything sexual."

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

"Around 9 pm, I was feeling suffocated and nostalgic, so I got in the car to drive around town," a 28-year-old woman told AFP on Monday on condition that her identity be protected.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

The room is still hospital bare, and I have a sinking feeling because he’s been to the hospital but didn’t tell me, and there’s something about all that blue that makes me feel suffocated.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

The conception of the role, marked by a dim view of stardom’s suffocating alienation, was something Jolie clearly understood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Unfortunately, investors will struggle to make money from the trend due to China’s suffocating dominance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Some said they couldn't find work, while others saw their income dry up after the authorities restricted the internet when the war started, suffocating industries and workers that relied on connecting to the global web.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

In the silence that followed, Jonathan felt an intense, suffocating pressure in his chest.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi