as in to turn back
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Recent Examples of choke off
The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important Waterways of the World, grinding vast swaths of Global Commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of Freedom of Navigation upon which International Trade and Commerce depends.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Four years after the pandemic choked off travel, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo had yet to recover from the financial devastation.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
In the third, the B’s did a great job off choking off the Philly attack until, with 3:39 left, Marchand scored an empty-netter from his own defensive slot to end it.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 Nov. 2024
The Prosperity Order’s institution of agency regulatory budgets addresses the overregulation problem by seeking directly to choke off regulatory excesses agency-by-agency.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Four years after the pandemic choked off travel, the Khao Kheow Open Zoo had yet to recover from the financial devastation.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
In the third, the B’s did a great job off choking off the Philly attack until, with 3:39 left, Marchand scored an empty-netter from his own defensive slot to end it.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 Nov. 2024
The Prosperity Order’s institution of agency regulatory budgets addresses the overregulation problem by seeking directly to choke off regulatory excesses agency-by-agency.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
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Pic suffered a tough break when, shortly into the premiere showing at Roy Thomson Hall when the propulsive narrative was just taking off, the film had to be halted and the lights turned back on because of a medical emergency suffered by a ticketholder.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Palestinians have appeared ready for peace in the past, only to turn back to rejection and terrorism.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The witness told investigators that Griffin swerved to cut off Francis, court documents read, at which point Francis pulled up beside the of the green Sierra and allegedly fired four to five shots into the truck through the front window on the drivers’ side.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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Italy has halted talks on a potential $1.5 billion deal for secure government communications amid outrage over threats to cut off Ukraine’s access to Starlink.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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To tell the Blue Devils, basically, not to suppress their emotions.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The new, later Equal Pay Day marks a troubling reminder of how systemic barriers—ranging from occupational segregation to discrimination in hiring and promotion—continue to suppress the earning power of Black women.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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