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The hybrid’s demeanor is more citified, answering throttle demand with an electric-enhanced alacrity and seizing every opportunity to go quiet and save energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

They played with such intensity in the second half against PSG that I wonder how much that has taken out of them, but they will want to keep their foot on the throttle.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The spool suit is the latest in a coordinated effort by California’s municipalities and the state attorney general’s office to throttle the bootleg gun industry by stanching the flow of its precursor components.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I swung the nose of the CrossWave toward shore and pinned the throttle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Relax your arm now, don’t throttle the racket,” “Watch the ball all the way,” “Good—good!”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

But Europe can ill afford to anger China in case it throttles supplies of rare earth minerals that are vital for the continent's industrial sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

After that, Shin said, the throttles were reduced to idle power and the brakes were reapplied until the end of the data recording.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

They have throttles and much more powerful motors and may only be ridden legally on private land with the owner's permission.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

But if an internet service provider throttles traffic in response to data caps, a VPN can’t stop that.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

They opened their throttles to full speed, and even then they were only just able to keep up.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

About five miles separate Agoura and Westlake high schools, but there seemed to be a great deal more distance between them Friday night, as host Westlake throttled the Chargers 38-7 in a nonleague game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

How else to explain those tech CEOs who usually can’t get enough change suddenly wanting it throttled?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The gap ballooned early in the Iran war as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz throttled exports of diesel and oil suitable for refining it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

No protest roadblocks remained standing in Bolivia on Tuesday, the government said, as it deployed the army to quell weeks-long demonstrations that had throttled roads nationwide.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

If you are reading this, you are someone who reads the news, and if you are someone reading the news, that hand is throttling your heart right now.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Beijing began throttling exports of some of those materials in recent years, raising global alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

But China’s throttling back of oil imports and its use of hidden reserves to calm global crude prices were also surprises.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Train wi-fi performed well just 1% of the time, with train companies criticised for using outdated technology and throttling internet speeds too much.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

By the next morning, gray clouds scuttled over the sea, muffling the sound of the waves and throttling hope of a sea breeze.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt