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as in to suffocate
to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters
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as in to block
to prevent passage through by filling with something
overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings
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Recent Examples of choke
Eight inmates attacked the lieutenant, punching, kicking and choking him, the report says.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Daniel Penny’s defense team called an expert witness Thursday, who challenged the medical examiner’s determination that Jordan Neely died as a result of the former Marine choking him on a subway car.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024
That includes a skull with the mysterious symbol on it get smashed with an axe, someone getting choked, someone yelling and stabbing.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
But after a near-death experience choking on crab rangoon inspires her to take life by the horns, Mel sets out to address her shortcomings — with her family, in her love life, and even at work.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Daniel Penny’s defense team called an expert witness Thursday, who challenged the medical examiner’s determination that Jordan Neely died as a result of the former Marine choking him on a subway car.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024
That includes a skull with the mysterious symbol on it get smashed with an axe, someone getting choked, someone yelling and stabbing.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
But after a near-death experience choking on crab rangoon inspires her to take life by the horns, Mel sets out to address her shortcomings — with her family, in her love life, and even at work.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke
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But for all the glamour that fills The Friday Afternoon Club, there’s a tragedy that anchors it: in 1982, the author’s sister Dominique was strangled.Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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The pretty girl killed by a boyfriend, the C.E.O. shot on the street, the subway dancer strangled by the ex-marine.Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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The trial revealed that by day three of the retreat, Carr-Gomm was vomiting, weak, and in increasing pain, yet those around her, including fellow workshop attendees, misinterpreted her condition as a 'healing crisis' rather than a medical emergency.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Many people experience their worst digestive issues during the first day or two after their weekly injection, and have learned to delay their shot on days when vomiting or diarrhea would be particularly inconvenient, such as during job interviews, air travel, or holiday parties.Adam Gilden, MD, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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But there is a relative lack of economic growth that suffocates individual genius such that people appear lazy and stupid.John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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After Piz's treatment ended, he was slowly suffocated with anxiety, convinced the cancer was going to come back, and post-traumatic stress disorder, haunted by all his friends who had died of cancer.Simar Bajaj, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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The defense team also argued Penny's chokehold alone could not have caused Neely's death, and that Neely suffered an extreme sickle cell crisis on the train floor, blocking the flow of oxygen.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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The chemical is also metabolized by CYP3A4, blocking other products (including medication) from connecting to the enzyme and being metabolized.2120 Grapefruit also affects proteins that move a drug into your cells to be absorbed (also called drug transporters).Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
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The last time the Rams faced quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills was the Kickoff Opener in 2022, when the defending Super Bowl champions were throttled at home by Buffalo, 31-10.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Then, in the span of about 10 days, the Wolverines landed a commitment from five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood, throttled Northwestern and manifested Ohio State’s worst nightmare.Austin Meek, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
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Thomas Parenteau, 60, of Hilliard, was a Columbus-area homebuilder convicted in 2011 on 11 of 13 charges of bank and wire fraud, tax conspiracy, money laundering, conspiracy to obstruct justice and witness tampering.Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
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The runaway dad was arrested and charged with obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor.KC Baker, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Of course, Snoop has jammed with everyone from Willie Nelson to the Gorillaz to the late Quincy Jones, but he’s never sounded so pure and contemplative.Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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Allen went 22 of 37 for a season-high 342 yards and three TDs and, with the Rams jamming top rusher James Cook, scrambled 10 times for 82 yards and three goal-line plunges.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Choke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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