choke off

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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for choke off 
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Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Prince Andrew has seen his financial support from his brother King Charles cut off, the Daily Mail newspaper reports.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Some voters may view restrictions on electioneering as suppressing their First Amendment rights, Huefner noted.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, some argue that voter intimidation implies that someone is trying to suppress voting, not encourage it.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024

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