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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
According to the criminal complaint, there were multiple violent interactions in 2022, including where Herzing choked, physically assaulted and threatened to kill the victim.
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2026
Again, this gives us a little anxiety about choking hazards, so please be careful!
—Fiona Ward, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Their son, Louis III, died in 2013 after a choking accident in a restaurant.
—Patrick Oster, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the entire West was on fire, trails already choked with deadfall from decades-ago blazes even as new ones torched millions more acres every season.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2026
Again, this gives us a little anxiety about choking hazards, so please be careful!
—Fiona Ward, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Their son, Louis III, died in 2013 after a choking accident in a restaurant.
—Patrick Oster, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the entire West was on fire, trails already choked with deadfall from decades-ago blazes even as new ones torched millions more acres every season.
—Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke
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Fujita was 20 in 2013 when he was found guilty of strangling and stabbing his former high school girlfriend to death in Wayland.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Mostly, though, Boland strangles batters with his suffocating and deadly-accurate line and length.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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My cat vomits once every week or two.—
Jane Sykes,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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The predominant symptoms experienced by the ill passengers and crew members were vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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But for this to work, these supercities must have freedom from the bureaucratic maze that suffocates current development.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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There’s nothing Vlasic would love more than to be the next Los Angeles Kings, suffocating teams and limiting chances.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the 47-second video, the agent can be seen walking around Good’s maroon Honda Pilot, which is in the middle of the street blocking traffic.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Hoosiers — who, like Tech, lose their first-ever playoff game last season and might’ve been expected to fizzle — beat Ohio State in the Big 10 championship game to clinch the bracket’s top seed and throttled Alabama in the Rose Bowl to make the playoff committee look smart for the decision.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Putin's regime has banned Facebook and Instagram and severely throttled other platforms such as X, formerly Twitter.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
24 Dec. 2025
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With few nearby cities and little on-property lighting, there's not a lot of light pollution obstructing your view of the stars from this International Dark Sky Park.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The video begins with Ross in front of the vehicle driven by Good, who had stopped her burgundy SUV perpendicular to the street, obstructing the flow of traffic.—
Holmes Lybrand,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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When integrated into multiple systems, the Tactical Edge Electromagnetic Solutions (TEEMS) can jam enemy systems with speed and precision.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Onstage was guitarist Dave Bruzza and Michael Bont on banjo, who were jamming under the name Greensky Bluegrass.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Choke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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