as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question
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The Valkyries seemed equally eager to welcome the rookie to the league’s most intimidating road environment, and succeeded in stifling the 23-year-old guard.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026 -
When fact and fiction run together, when folks seek to stifle speech, limit access to education, devalue diversity, erase the inconvenient parts of our history.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Things like trying to disqualify the entire Utah County Attorney's Office, trying to get some of the evidence suppressed, trying to get a contempt order because the prosecutors violated the court's gag order.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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One key group that appeared to be suppressed, Prevotella species, may interfere with the production of nitric oxide.—
Christina Manian,
Health,
23 June 2026
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At this stage of his career, that would be a difficult pill to swallow.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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Nowadays, the land surrounding the 67-year-old fruit stand is paved over as cookie-cutter townhomes swallow the area.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
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But good for him for not holding back.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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But Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of AI giant Perplexity, says that operating under the fear of failure only holds back success.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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“Choke (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20%28back%29. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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