choke

Higher mortgage rates will likely continue to choke the housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

The attacks come as the U.S. imposes a naval blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas to choke off Iran’s economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

“I’ve heard you talk for years how you were going to beat him. You might start winning, but then he’ll start talking to you. You’ll choke like you always do.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

That in turn chokes off Saudi oil exports to Asia.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Swap out your air filter: A clogged filter chokes airflow, forcing your AC to guzzle more power to do the same job.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 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

In a typical scene, Miss Holland, played by Van der Velden with milkmaid braids and hairy armpits, chokes on the aerosol of a spray tan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

Micah chokes on his Manischewitz grape juice and covers his mouth so it doesn’t spray all over Mrs. Gruver, our Hebrew-school principal.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

As Iranian attacks on ships choked off that waterway, the kingdom shifted millions of barrels through its East-West Pipeline to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea ever since Iran's Hormuz blockade choked off its shipments via the Gulf.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“In the U.S., people who don’t speak Spanish have invited us to their homes and let us sleep on their couches,” he says, a little choked up with emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

I opened it and nearly choked to death on air.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

He has been at the camp ever since but suddenly, as we were talking, the sadness of what is happening to his country overwhelmed him and he turned his head away, choking back tears.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Signs of sleep apnoea, a disorder that causes a person's breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep, include pauses in breathing, choking at night, waking frequently, and suffering from morning headaches.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Eight-year-old Nicholas Gray died in February after choking on a grape at school in Manvel, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

"When the number finally arrived, it was larger than the original commitment but still too small to satisfy a market already choking on duration."

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

I know she’s not choking, because she’s making too much noise.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty