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Also, your heart rate spikes, your blood pressure soars, the blood vessels in your extremities constrict to keep warm blood near your core and you begin to gasp involuntarily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

But as sanctions and law enforcement actions constrict the flow of these components, supply chain bottlenecks will increase their costs.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

In contrast, exposure to bright light allows the pupil to constrict in response to brightness rather than focusing distance, helping maintain healthier retinal stimulation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

Tina explains the appeal comes from the fact that the "cold exposure causes blood vessels to constrict, which can reduce swelling".

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

As one, the buzzing cloud seemed to constrict and condense, tighten into a knot of noise, a swarm of wings.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

The book powerfully constricts as it nears the final appointment, describing a terrible itinerary of last things—David’s last meal, his last change of clothing, his last bit of paperwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Such reactions can range from responses with “no clinical manifestations” to irritating rashes to life-threatening conditions such as anaphylactic shock, which constricts breathing and impairs motor function.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

They expect Akamai’s core content-delivery business, which centers on moving data across the internet, to transition from a double-digit decliner to generally stable as the industry constricts and traffic trends improve.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

Angiotensin II constricts blood vessels, raising blood pressure, while angiotensin 1-7 relaxes blood vessels, lowering blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

My throat constricts, and I feel like there is a hand around it, tightening.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Accenture faces pressure from constricted client IT spending budgets and skepticism over its product-focused acquisition strategy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Scarring, or fibrosis, leaves the usually stretchy organ tight and constricted, meaning it is less able to fill with and hold urine.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Physical capacity across the world is constricted by a variety of chokepoints, some natural like Hormuz, some man-made like tariffs.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

When export routes like the Strait of Hormuz are constricted, producers can temporarily keep pumping by pushing barrels into these tanks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

They held their breath and walked with care, and this made them who they were inside, constricted and small, good neighbors.

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

In commodities, the team favors base industrial metals like aluminum, nickel, lead, and zinc, as artificial-intelligence and military buildouts increase demand while reinvestment rates by miners remain low, constricting supply.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Like the milieu in which they’re set, prison movies can be terribly constricting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

The album capped a lengthy, constricting record label contract that Charli had been trying to optimize for years, to varying success.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026

Rising demand for silver-backed ETFs has also absorbed more of the metal, further constricting supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

But Mr. Richardson grew restless with the rules constricting black life in Memphis and moved the family, including daughter Mary, whom Jones had come to love, up to free country in Alton, Illinois.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield