suffocate

"The biggest worry was that they were going to suffocate in the smoke, but the smoke did carry over them," he said, confirming the animals had survived.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Take advantage of the time you have ahead of you to understand risk better. Don’t suffocate your portfolio” by allocating too much for income-based investments.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Their breath was believed to poison the air and suffocate the land, especially in swampy regions where disease was common.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026

A completely overhauled defense learned to suffocate opposing offenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

“But, Lightfoot, I feel like I'm go’n suffocate when I think about Granny Blakeslee or my friend Bluford Jackson, layin’ down there in the dark.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

"She has heart disease. Sometimes she suffocates and turns blue. She can't continue living in a tent."

From BBC ● May 20, 2025

However, if there is too much calcium, the mitochondrial processes become unbalanced and the cell suffocates.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

As Spain suffocates under high temperatures, ice on its mountains is melting.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023

In Los Angeles County alone, a baby suffocates nearly every week while sleeping, according to the infant safe sleep campaign from the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023

This atmosphere of carbolic and gangrene clogs the lungs, it is a thick gruel, it suffocates.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

If these were suffocated by crude oil, "the consequences can be enormous to all species," Rosenstrom added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

It has suffocated his capacity to do what he loves – be out in front of the cameras all the time, shaping and often leading the national debate.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

India has also received three shipments of crude oil from Iran, according to a local Iranian diplomatic mission—the first such transfers in years after sanctions suffocated trade between the two countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

"Around 9 pm, I was feeling suffocated and nostalgic, so I got in the car to drive around town," a 28-year-old woman told AFP on Monday on condition that her identity be protected.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

I mentally flip through her large, strange collection of fears, fears that make her break out in a sweat, make her moan about feeling suffocated.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Carolina Hurricanes win their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years, using a suffocating defense in Game 6 to shut down the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

"We're suffocating in the streets, we're suffocating in the subway and we're even suffocating in our rental," he said, adding they would be moving to an air-conditioned hotel room.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

But suffocating conditions should be an advantage to a side that plays home games in Tarija, 6,000 feet above sea level, and in the city in the sky that is El Alto at 13,600 feet.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

When Uncle Max and I are in the same room together, the tension is suffocating.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman