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He said they were also desirable due to being quiet and "so fast at the twist of a throttle", along with not having gears or refuelling to worry about.

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

VPNs encrypt traffic, making it difficult for internet service providers to detect and throttle specific activities, such as streaming.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 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

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

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

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

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

Traffic through the main Dubai airport, once the world’s busiest for international travelers, was throttled for weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Then he throttled up, turned tight, and motored west, adjusting to the north less than five degrees in the hope of stumbling across a buoy marker.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

The bill would also establish a graduated response framework, allowing regulators to impose measures based on the severity of a threat, including throttling a model’s capabilities, limiting access, suspending operations or ordering a complete shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

We evaluated streaming performance and P2P behavior by running downloads and streaming concurrently to observe throttling and buffering.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 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

“You can’t do that!” wailed the owner of Bud’s boat, throttling back hard.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman