throttle

Dad was in charge of the throttle and brake, his son would control the rest.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

For example, how they enter the corner, when they turn in, how they turn in, how they operate the throttle and brakes on corner entry and so on.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

Even though I’m not good with machines, I figured out that was the throttle and the pictures meant fast and slow.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

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

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

“You never know what the body throttles back,” Treinen said earlier in camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

The short-term impact of opening the fiscal, monetary and credit throttles is easy to predict: rapid growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

But in a repost and exchange with tech financier Paul Graham on Sunday, Musk admitted that his platform throttles posts with links in them.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

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

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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

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

Oil fields and refineries that throttled production or sustained damage during the war will need to be brought back online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Persian Gulf nations that throttled oil production will need time to restart operations and ships may wait to attempt passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Mrs. Cobb breathed heavily, and her hands throttled the chair arms.

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

Privacy A VPN’s raison d’être: encrypting your traffic to mask your internet browsing from your ISP and prevent it from throttling your connection.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Higher exports from the U.S. have helped to offset—but not eliminate—the supply chasm created by the throttling of the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Anthropic has already been throttling back its usage limits for Claude.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026

On Friday, just two ships passed through the narrow waterway, which has seen traffic collapse, throttling shipments of everything from wheat and rice to oil and gas.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

He was white as the moon and shaking so hard it was as if some outside force were throttling him.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff