throttle

Professional gardeners like to use their blowers at full throttle.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The eight-speed transmission shuffles up to overdrive as soon as the throttle pressure slackens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Class 2 includes a throttle, but is also capped at 20 miles per hour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the early races, this led to unusual behaviour, such as drivers lifting off the throttle and coasting on qualifying laps, as well as recovering energy while on full throttle.

From BBC ● 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

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

Plus: AI build-out fuels warehouse demand; war throttles another chokepoint: the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

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

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

That throttled supply means property prices -- and therefore rents -- make up an unaffordable proportion of many people's income.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

But that has been throttled since the war as Iran largely closed the strait, throwing global markets into turmoil and driving up oil prices.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

The pilots throttled back the engines and all nine helicopters landed safely on the great yellow wasteland.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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

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

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

There were the nagging headlines about the missing E.I.S., the embarrassing resignation of Kimberly Lou Dixon, the TV footage of Chuck Muckle throttling Kelly Colfax... and, last but not least, those darn owls.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen