as in to turn back
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Recent Examples of choke off
Tens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.
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Mike Calia, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Dry, dusty air and cooler ocean temperatures here, off the continent’s northwest coast, have combined to choke off storms.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
World & Nation Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims
July 1, 2024
The roadblocks and mass vigils have choked off major cities and disrupted food and fuel supplies, exacerbating the country’s rolling economic crisis.
—Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Mike Calia, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Dry, dusty air and cooler ocean temperatures here, off the continent’s northwest coast, have combined to choke off storms.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
World & Nation Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims
July 1, 2024
The roadblocks and mass vigils have choked off major cities and disrupted food and fuel supplies, exacerbating the country’s rolling economic crisis.
—Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
Verb
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Since 2000, Minnesota has won nine-plus games in consecutive seasons exactly once — when the Tarvaris Jackson/Gus Frerotte tag team won 10 games in 2008, and Brett Favre turned back the clock in 2009.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
17 Jan. 2025
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This was when, fearing for their own daughter, Samir’s parents decided to turn back.—
Jazzmin Jiwa,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Just cut off the bottom, put them in a microwave-safe dish and microwave it for 10-15 seconds.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes words are cut off due to breaks in the voice.—
Melissa Rudy,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Demographers have found little, if any, evidence that EWIs harm or suppress the employment or wages of local people.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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To keep shooting, Pasha must suppress his rage and only dares to carry out small protests — such as playing the U.S. national anthem sung by Lady Gaga — but those are enough to earn him suspicion.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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