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With the Iran war continuing to strangle Middle East oil supplies, public transit agencies looking to add passengers might expect high gas prices to incentivize people to ride the rails more than ever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

The so-called strangle strategy entails buying a put option and call option that are below and above the market, respectively, and that share the same expiration date.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

Stagflation doesn’t have to strangle your stock portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

The famous Facebook motto “Move fast and break things” is cute, but a better Silicon Valley mantra would be “Go around and strangle things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

He clawed at the pile of gold next to him as though he thought to strangle me with it, but then he shouted with alarm when he realized that he could not pick it up.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

All items in the table should be checked just before the earnings are announced, for that would be the time to buy the straddles or strangles if they do satisfy the “needed” requirement.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

As the war in Iran strangles the flow of oil around the globe, California’s jet fuel reservoirs are running low.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

This blocking of competition drives up prices for merchants and consumers, harms security and strangles innovation.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

He could have added: until, finally, it strangles us.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2022

I no longer have to tie the faja so tightly it strangles my rib cage for fear of my anacos falling down.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

But they're still strangled by international sanctions linked to terrorism and human rights.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The U.S. submarine campaign against Japan offers another comparison: It strangled Tokyo’s economy and war effort by destroying the shipping that carried fuel, food and raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

But the fuel blockade is hurting business, strangled by power cuts of up to 30 hours at a time, and fuel prices of up to $8 a liter.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

The conflict with Iran has strangled movement through the Persian Gulf and catapulted the price of a barrel of oil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

“Mrs. Dowdel,” he said in a voice strangled with emotion, “help me out of this I’m in too deep with John Deere. I got to go forward because I can’t do otherwise.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

But Xi must be concerned about the very real possibility of a global recession stemming from Iran’s continued strangling of shipping through the Strait.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

Lula's new plan aims to focus on financially strangling criminal factions, disrupting money laundering and cracking down on illicit markets that supply these groups, such as arms trafficking.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

In “Two Prosecutors,” the inert nobodies blocking Kornev’s progress are crisply choreographed, Stalin’s existential choke hold strangling their very spirit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

After vomiting for some time, I felt the grip around my throat loosen, as if whatever had been strangling me had been somewhere in the vomit.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane