choke

By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

By forcing ships to turn back from the narrow Bab El Mandeb strait, they have threatened to choke off the main maritime route from Europe to Asia.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The choke point used to handle roughly 12% of the world’s seaborne oil flows before the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

If you miss your monthly payment to Amazon Oxygen, will you choke to death?

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

When the girl turns Miss Saunders’s way, I almost choke on my spit.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

It raises the cost of capital, delays investment and chokes off the very capacity needed to relieve bottlenecks.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

The flea-sized psyllid bites the leaves and transmits the disease, which slowly chokes out the tree’s vascular system from the inside, taking years to finally show itself.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

She beams as she talks about the partner who "brought her spark back", but chokes down tears as she explains that in a few days Barry may be gone.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

He looks at me and shrugs, then chokes completely and misses the windmill.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

"So he had effectively choked," said Sarah, who didn't want to use her last name.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

But the good news, or the kind-of good news, or the “why in God’s name did this take so long” news, is that Infantino has finally choked on an overdose of hubris.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

“I watched him have three seizures. That ICE agent could have choked on his tongue had I not been there.”

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

But if you revisit interviews Donald did after retiring, you’ll notice how often and how quickly he’d get choked up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

“Let us give thanks for the life that was…” Daddy’s voice choked.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

But between parasitic infections and the wildfire smoke that’s currently choking U.S. cities, maybe you’d prefer to spend much of this weekend inside.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Other symptoms include waking up a lot, loud snoring and gasping, snorting or choking.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The deadly European heatwave was forecast to shift east on Friday, choking 150 million people with temperatures of 35C.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

As a result of the physical exertion, the former chef claims that she “became dizzy, began choking and gasping for air, and required assistance from security personnel, who intervened by providing water and aid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

I felt like I was choking on my fear.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce