throttle
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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
Class 2 e-bikes have a throttle that allows users to operate them without pedaling, but the electric motors top out at 20 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
But as the EV age dawned, helped by top-down policy such as generous subsidies, Chinese firms hit the throttle.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
“When I was flying very low I would close the throttle and say, ‘Hey brothers, how are you?’ and they would light their torches.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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