throttle
Example Sentences
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When Indian investigators showed their U.S. counterparts the accident plane’s throttle assembly, the fuel-cutoff switches were in the run position, indicating the jet’s engines were getting fuel at the time of impact.
The driver only took his foot off the throttle and applied the brakes at the point he collided with the oncoming Citroen C3, the data revealed.
From BBC
A new 12-megapixel camera sits in the center of the nose bridge and shoots sharp video while your hands stay wrapped around your ski poles, bike handles or jet-ski throttle.
They are able to generate 16 million pounds of thrust at full throttle, far more than the Saturn V that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon.
From New York Times
Other times, drivers seem to be temporarily kicked out of the system altogether — a phenomenon some call being “throttled.”
From New York Times
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