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While founders and top researchers cash out, investors and rank-and-file staff are often left stranded, sparking growing concern that these quasi-acquisitions not only skirt regulators but also threaten to choke off AI innovation at its source.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Alarmed by the ambitions of Made in China 2025, the first Trump administration breathed life into some of the most moribund offices inside the Department of Commerce, summoning a powerful bureaucratic apparatus to choke off China’s access to critical materials.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Xi’s ability the choke off western access to essential components has become the dominant topic of discussion during all three rounds of bilateral talks so far.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
The Netanyahu government has repeatedly denied that a famine is taking place or that Israel is attempting to starve Palestinians by choking off food aid into the territories — often claiming that, despite scant evidence, Hamas is looting the supplies.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Alarmed by the ambitions of Made in China 2025, the first Trump administration breathed life into some of the most moribund offices inside the Department of Commerce, summoning a powerful bureaucratic apparatus to choke off China’s access to critical materials.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Xi’s ability the choke off western access to essential components has become the dominant topic of discussion during all three rounds of bilateral talks so far.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
The Netanyahu government has repeatedly denied that a famine is taking place or that Israel is attempting to starve Palestinians by choking off food aid into the territories — often claiming that, despite scant evidence, Hamas is looting the supplies.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
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While not touted as an anti-aging serum, the cream’s ability to plump up tired-appearing skin can help turn back the clock.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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But is there a way to turn back?—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Notice an uptick in aggressive driving behaviors like red-light running, speeding, tailgating, honking and cutting off other vehicles while on the road?—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Ragasa, known in the Philippines as Nando, made landfall as a super typhoon over Panuitan Island, in the northern Cagayan province, on Monday, damaging homes, cutting off roads, and triggering landslides.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Amazon still faces another lawsuit brought by the FTC in 2023, which alleged that the company is an exploitative monopoly and illegally suppressed competition among online marketplaces.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The threats are so vague, and government power so extensive, that this will undoubtedly drive widespread self-censorship and suppress free expression across many communities out of fear.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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