suffocate
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“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
Since babies are less likely to suffocate on firm mattresses and without loose bedding, Little replaced her pillow-top mattress and got rid of all of her blankets and extra pillows.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
All my life, I’ve stared at a gaping hole in the roof, the boarded-up windows, the slow, creeping forest that was starting to suffocate that house.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Vocabulary lists containing suffocate
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