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throttle

[throt-l] / ˈθrɒt l /


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Dad was in charge of the throttle and brake, his son would control the rest.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

In any event, the Maverick’s Normal mode drivability suffers from the overly elastic throttle at low speed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The film has a propulsive rhythm to it, a relentlessness, even as Wilde and editors Yorgos Mavropsaridis and Anthony Boys know when to ease off the throttle and take it easy for a bit.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

In the early races, this led to unusual behaviour, such as drivers lifting off the throttle and coasting on qualifying laps, as well as recovering energy while on full throttle.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

He shoved Pong back into a seat and wedged himself at the controls, the wheel in one hand, throttle in the other.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

They have throttles and much more powerful motors and may only be ridden legally on private land with the owner's permission.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Plus: AI build-out fuels warehouse demand; war throttles another chokepoint: the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But if an internet service provider throttles traffic in response to data caps, a VPN can’t stop that.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

But in a repost and exchange with tech financier Paul Graham on Sunday, Musk admitted that his platform throttles posts with links in them.

From Slate Nov. 26, 2024

They opened their throttles to full speed, and even then they were only just able to keep up.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

Beijing in response throttled the number of flights to the country and advised Chinese tourists to stay away.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

No protest roadblocks remained standing in Bolivia on Tuesday, the government said, as it deployed the army to quell weeks-long demonstrations that had throttled roads nationwide.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Persian Gulf nations that throttled oil production will need time to restart operations and ships may wait to attempt passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Authorities throttled mobile internet ahead of the commemorations in an attempt to prevent Ukrainian drone strikes, while security around the capital was tightened considerably.

From Barron's May 9, 2026

The engines crooned mellifluously as McWatt throttled back to loiter and allow the rest of the planes in his flight to catch up.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

We evaluated streaming performance and P2P behavior by running downloads and streaming concurrently to observe throttling and buffering.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

The company has faced a computing power crunch that has led to outages, throttling and slower performance for its Claude AI model.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Anthropic has already been throttling back its usage limits for Claude.

From MarketWatch Apr. 18, 2026

On Friday, just two ships passed through the narrow waterway, which has seen traffic collapse, throttling shipments of everything from wheat and rice to oil and gas.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

“You have no idea who I am,” I said, my anger throttling my words into a hiss.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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