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The threshold at which higher borrowing costs truly choke off growth remains an open question.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I’ve got great reservations and deep doubts about the effect of the new plan to get rid of all parking and choke traffic down to one lane,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The giant wad of cash splurged on all this would choke an elephant.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Algorithms and AI are used to choke off people’s access to information and make intra-human communication more difficult.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Don’t tell me you’re about to choke again. Gotta call you Lady Chokes-a-Lot.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

"After all this time, it still chokes me up," Resta told the BBC through tears.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Swap out your air filter: A clogged filter chokes airflow, forcing your AC to guzzle more power to do the same job.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Doctors must administer high doses of Eisai/Biogen’s Leqembi and Lilly’s Kisunla, because only a fraction of 1% of the infused antibodies reach the amyloid plaque that chokes brain cells in Alzheimer’s.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Audiences who endured the Miramax era have been browbeaten to believe that the best picture Oscar should go to a period piece that chokes out a sob from audiences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

The dust in my throat chokes off my words.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

When we bought the place, I envisioned our children running wild in the backyard under the climbing wisteria, but the wisteria is invasive, and it ate away at our fence and choked the rhododendrons.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Yet his towering presence has choked off potential heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Eddie Hearn choked up mid-sentence during the final news conference when it dawned on him this was the last time he would experience a Taylor fight week.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Just sweat, I thought, until a choked sob came from deep inside of me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

“Even talking to you right now is really hard,” she said, choking up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A lawsuit that accused an Orange County Board of Education trustee of choking and attacking a neighbor during a road rage incident has been dismissed, court records show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The school closures came as Malaysia's leader discussed the choking smoke with his Indonesian counterpart and called for an urgent regional meeting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Signs of sleep apnoea, a disorder that causes a person's breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep, include pauses in breathing, choking at night, waking frequently, and suffering from morning headaches.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

This time, caught in mid-swallow, I laughed so hard I was close to choking.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt