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Recent Examples of choke off
Dam construction has further choked off water inflows, while exposed salt beds have damaged soil fertility and created hazardous dust storms.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, reeds were allowed to choke off this stream.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
While founders and top researchers cash out, investors and rank-and-file staff are often left stranded, sparking growing concern that these quasi-acquisitions not only skirt regulators but also threaten to choke off AI innovation at its source.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Xi’s ability the choke off western access to essential components has become the dominant topic of discussion during all three rounds of bilateral talks so far.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, reeds were allowed to choke off this stream.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
While founders and top researchers cash out, investors and rank-and-file staff are often left stranded, sparking growing concern that these quasi-acquisitions not only skirt regulators but also threaten to choke off AI innovation at its source.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Xi’s ability the choke off western access to essential components has become the dominant topic of discussion during all three rounds of bilateral talks so far.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
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In November, millions of Americans will turn back their clocks, marking the end of daylight saving time in 2025.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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Most of the group turned back, but the teen decided to try it out, reportedly relying on her experience, according to On The Verge.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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But despite his entreaties, including meeting with Putin in Alaska, floating sanctions relief, and threatening to cut off aid to Kyiv, the Russian president has refused to be charmed into giving up on his invasion.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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For all roses except climbing types, cut off the top third of the plant.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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That hearing was expected to include Mitchell and her top prosecutors taking the stand to defend their decisions and prove that charging the protesters was not meant to suppress their viewpoints.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Most of us are socialized not just to suck it up, never to cry or show emotions, but also to suppress, go silent, hide, run away, act as if there is no agony.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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