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throttle

[throt-l] / ˈθrɒt l /


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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

"Whereas if England are two nil up, we might just go full throttle with England songs and enjoy ourselves."

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

This strategy adds momentum and value factors to a growth-oriented index strategy, while “you might throttle back a bit on valuations that get high,” Kalivas said.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

Couldn’t he see that being cooped up with Grandma when she was going full throttle was driving me to the brink of insanity?

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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

While the team has yet to create a fully untethered model -- Aubin says they are halfway there -- the current iteration "absolutely throttles the competition, in terms of their force output."

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2023

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

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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

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

Authorities throttled mobile internet ahead of the commemorations in an attempt to prevent Ukrainian drone strikes, while security around the capital was tightened considerably.

From Barron's May 9, 2026

Before the war throttled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Kumar’s family could count on getting the 30-pound cylinder from a government-approved gas agency for around $10.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

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

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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

The company has faced a computing power crunch that has led to outages, throttling and slower performance for its Claude AI model.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

He’s also noted that open-source large language models with capabilities catching up to leading models may “offset” usage throttling.

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




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