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Recent Examples of choke off
Responses could include Tehran choking off the vital Strait of Hormuz, using its sophisticated cyber capabilities to strike American interests, or attacking US bases.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
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British retailers have warned that Chinese companies risk flooding the U.K. with low cost goods as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs choke off access to the world’s largest consumer market.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
The Harding and Coolidge administrations choked off government spending.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Higher capital requirements can whittle down a bank’s balance sheet and credit supply by bolstering a lender’s funding costs and choking off their willingness to lend — as well as waning their appetite for risk.
—Ruxandra Iordache,april Roach, CNBC, 6 June 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 June 2025
John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images
British retailers have warned that Chinese companies risk flooding the U.K. with low cost goods as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs choke off access to the world’s largest consumer market.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
The Harding and Coolidge administrations choked off government spending.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
Higher capital requirements can whittle down a bank’s balance sheet and credit supply by bolstering a lender’s funding costs and choking off their willingness to lend — as well as waning their appetite for risk.
—Ruxandra Iordache,april Roach, CNBC, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
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But that wasn’t always the case, and this past week NESN turned back the clock and gave Red Sox fans a different kind of viewing experience.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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That timeline might be fitting since the Ducks turned back the clock with the hire of coach Joel Quenneville, who will be 67 when the puck drops on the season opener and won Stanley Cup titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015 with the Chicago Blackhawks.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
7 July 2025
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According to media reports last week, the Defense Department’s rationale for cutting off this data has to do with cybersecurity concerns stemming from the way the data is transmitted between agencies.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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In 2010, China cut off rare earth exports to Japan during a maritime dispute, a clear warning shot the U.S. observed but brushed off.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
29 June 2025
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That same resolution created Palestine, which Israel has refused to recognize and has fought to suppress ever since.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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The building’s sprinkler system suppressed the flames before firefighters completed their operations, bringing the fire under control in under 30 minutes, officials said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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