choke off
Example Sentences
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Ford stock traded below $9 at the time, with investors fearing that levies would raise costs and choke off consumer demand.
From Barron's
That’s where she’s been on the mend since early March, when she arrived with a hook lodged in her throat and a flipper that was mostly dead from fishing line that had choked off circulation.
From Los Angeles Times
China has also started choking off supplies of rare earths and magnets with high-tech applications to Japanese companies.
In the latest example, China has begun choking off exports of rare earths and rare-earth magnets to Japan.
But media reports say that China has begun choking off exports of rare earths, as well as holding up sake and food imports into China.
From Barron's
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