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Recent Examples of choke off
Sanctions designed to choke off Russian oil exports, for instance, would increase energy prices, at least in the short term.
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Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2022
But rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court since 2004 had choked off such lawsuits in cases involving foreign parties, which often have little link to the U.S., Brunk said.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
That a short-term judgment about what the market will bear can choke off a literary legacy and, to some extent, impoverish a culture.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
While these filings are not usually very exciting, this one is at the center of what Nic Carter refers to as Operation Choke Point 2.0, the federal government’s effort to choke off the cryptocurrency industry from traditional financial services.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2022
But rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court since 2004 had choked off such lawsuits in cases involving foreign parties, which often have little link to the U.S., Brunk said.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
That a short-term judgment about what the market will bear can choke off a literary legacy and, to some extent, impoverish a culture.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
While these filings are not usually very exciting, this one is at the center of what Nic Carter refers to as Operation Choke Point 2.0, the federal government’s effort to choke off the cryptocurrency industry from traditional financial services.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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As the girls were crossing the bridge, German turned back and posted several photos to Snapchat, including one of Williams minding her steps.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Another theory posits that the wiggling of Alfvén waves, oscillations in the Sun’s magnetic field that penetrate into the corona and turn back on themselves, can also inject energy into the solar wind.ByHannah Richter, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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But even if some of the government support for electric vehicles is now trimmed or cut off, as is likely with Trump’s victory, Musk’s wealth will remain firmly intact.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Trump could carry out his threats to cut off wildfire aid for California if reelected.Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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According to Richard Seager, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the cause of the current drought is some random atmospheric variability: a high-pressure system over the central and eastern United States that is suppressing rainfall and refusing to budge.M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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How to cope right now Don’t suppress your emotions, process them In the immediate aftermath of the election results, you may be flooded with emotions ranging from despair to rage.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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