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choke back

verb as in restrain

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verb as in stifle

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"Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life," he continued, choking back tears.

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“There are so many people that have come up to me and said, ‘I’m a writer because of you,’ ” he said, choking back tears.

As congregants shared what they lost after a recent service, they choked back tears and pledged to persevere.

Barrett’s voice was tightly coiled, as though he was choking back the indignation roiling inside him.

A South L.A. woman choking back tears said she had been living in her car for 18 months with her family and dog because she had no money.

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