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He would also condemn McLaren to one of the biggest chokes in the history of the sport.

At the risk of sounding more pious than I am: When every game, every half, every quarter and even every shot is attached to gambling odds, good old-fashioned storytelling gets choked out.

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The receivership choked off distributions of new IPv4 addresses, leaving the continent’s service providers struggling to expand capacity.

"People are choking on pollution, choking on the concrete -- and all the dust that comes with the construction, traffic, smog, heatwaves," she added.

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Still, ammunition supplies were choked for weeks and some of the cargo had to be reloaded back onto ships.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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