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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
Lindsay had been bound, raped and choked to death, then covered with blankets, police said.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
She was later pronounced dead after allegedly being choked.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Crashing into Grattan’s church as the reverend delivers a pseudoscientific sermon about a looming apocalypse, Rafferty gives Grattan his own taste of what the end of the world might look like by choking him with an eel.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Foreign material in food products presents health risks, including choking, damage to teeth and digestive tract injury.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
She was later pronounced dead after allegedly being choked.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Crashing into Grattan’s church as the reverend delivers a pseudoscientific sermon about a looming apocalypse, Rafferty gives Grattan his own taste of what the end of the world might look like by choking him with an eel.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Foreign material in food products presents health risks, including choking, damage to teeth and digestive tract injury.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke
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According to the lawsuit, her suicidal thoughts escalated in June 2023 after another patient attempted to strangle herself and staff failed to intervene, even as the unnamed patient turned blue.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Scott was convicted of participating in the 1981 murder of Larry Miner, who was tied up, beaten, strangled and stabbed.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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Rates of nausea and vomiting among those patients were 13% and 11% above placebo, respectively.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Bertha Coombs,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Scout stayed at the vet for observation, coughing and vomiting throughout the period, and had her vitals rechecked several hours later.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Denver comes into the game with a fantastic defense that completely suffocated Jake Browning and the Cincinnati Bengals.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The crowd was relentless with a suffocating pressure throughout the match.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kobach has petitioned top Republican lawmakers to convene a special session with the goal of blocking the Kansas Department of Revenue from resuming its practice of accommodating gender marker change requests, according to a letter sent to GOP lawmakers and obtained by The Star.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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Learn how Louisville's Adidas and University of Kentucky's Nike contracts could block the new revenue stream.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Indonesia’s Constitutional Court ruled in 2021 that the government may block and throttle the country’s internet during times of social unrest.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Biden administration’s prevailing wage rule has also raised concerns that snaking requirements backed by Big Labor are throttling the industry.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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Griffith and CityBeat reporter Madeline Fening are facing charges, including disorderly conduct, failure to disperse, obstructing a highway and obstructing an emergency responder.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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In the end, these things just jam up the drawer.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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To Gandara’s point about being feisty, Arroyo once jammed her toe running into the stands in pursuit of a ball.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Choke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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