throttle
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The film has a propulsive rhythm to it, a relentlessness, even as Wilde and editors Yorgos Mavropsaridis and Anthony Boys know when to ease off the throttle and take it easy for a bit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
VPNs encrypt traffic, making it difficult for internet service providers to detect and throttle specific activities, such as streaming.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Korea’s new central banker, Shin Hyun-song, has the look of a Bank for International Settlements man — forged in Basel, handpicked by Seoul elites and installed just as the AI/semiconductor party was reaching full throttle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
For Anthropic in particular, computing constraints have caused outages and forced it to throttle users, while OpenAI’s Codex is rapidly gaining popularity, adding pressure as Anthropic struggles to keep pace with its own growth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
On the other hand, when you want power from a piston engine, the engine responds as soon as your hand moves the throttle.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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