throttle
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VPNs encrypt traffic, making it difficult for internet service providers to detect and throttle specific activities, such as streaming.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Walker calls it: A “full-blown throttle therapy session.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Threats last year to throttle global supplies rattled automakers and chip firms and pressured President Trump to lower U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
This strategy adds momentum and value factors to a growth-oriented index strategy, while “you might throttle back a bit on valuations that get high,” Kalivas said.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
They goosed the throttle, and the boat swung out into the river, heading north past the Navy and Columbia shell houses.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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