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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

To help overcome the not-insignificant expense of buying a strangle, we chose a short expiration that reduces the amount of time premium embedded in the options.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

The group aims to fight regulations they say will strangle AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

Before panting little boys could strangle out the words, their mothers knew it.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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

This blocking of competition drives up prices for merchants and consumers, harms security and strangles innovation.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

But the authors of this plan had decided to take a stand against the sort of real estate speculation that strangles supply and drives up housing prices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

Critics have also accused the company of behaving like a monopoly - saying it strangles other players in the market by limiting their distribution capacity to very small areas.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2022

I know it and the guilt strangles me and crushes me, so I have to forget it.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Sir James said: "Londoners need homes they can afford to buy or rent. Entrepreneurs need to be able to start and grow businesses without being strangled by cost and regulation."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the past 250 years, a nation once so fragile that it might have been strangled in its cradle has risen above all its major competitors and established itself as the world’s pre-eminent power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

"We see the island of Cuba being strangled," said the musician, wearing sunglasses next to bandmates Moglai Bap and DJ Provai, the latter wearing a balaclava in the colors of the Irish flag.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

It has one of the largest oil industries in the world, but it has been strangled for years by international sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

But as she strode past the messy room, determined to act like a decent human being, she heard a strangled little squeak.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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

“Help!” he shrieked shrilly in a voice strangling in its own emotion, as the policemen carried him to the open doors in the rear of the ambulance and threw him inside.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller