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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

In fact, the straddle or strangle buy here is worth looking at.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 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

He continued to stare down at her hands in lieu of meeting her eyes, as if he were worried that she’d try to strangle him.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The weak currency has in recent months inflated resource-poor Japan's import costs, especially for oil as the Iran war strangles supplies from the Middle East.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

You are more relaxed than you have ever been, and you have forgotten the way nearly every news story of the last decade grabs hold of your heart and squeezes, twists, strangles.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

As the war in Iran strangles the flow of oil around the globe, California’s jet fuel reservoirs are running low.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

In either case, the straddles or strangles are selling for prices that are attractive for a five-month time horizon on what has become a pretty volatile stock.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

She strangles the mike with both hands and squeezes her eyes shut.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

His 110-ball stay for 29 on the final day before being strangled down the leg side was at least encouraging.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Growth was limited, however, as production in OPEC’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, was constrained by threats to its key export routes, while a U.S. naval blockade strangled Iranian shipments from the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But they're still strangled by international sanctions linked to terrorism and human rights.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the fuel blockade is hurting business, strangled by power cuts of up to 30 hours at a time, and fuel prices of up to $8 a liter.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Horace tiptoed into the middle of the room and sing-songed, “Heeeeere, pigeon, pigeon, pigeon ...” Then, from behind us, we heard a wingbeat and a strangled chirp.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The high-profile US murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a woman who says she suffered from postpartum psychosis before strangling her three young children, has sparked a debate in the United States over maternal mental health.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

But Xi must be concerned about the very real possibility of a global recession stemming from Iran’s continued strangling of shipping through the Strait.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

In “Two Prosecutors,” the inert nobodies blocking Kornev’s progress are crisply choreographed, Stalin’s existential choke hold strangling their very spirit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

But it was not the green color of the jungles, suffocating and strangling the earth.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko