as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question
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Redick added that part of what Holmgren has done, overhelping on defense and forcing Ayton toward the perimeter, has stifled the 7-footer’s production.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026 -
Stoner refuses to let his passion for literature be stifled.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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This not only suppressed uneven vertical phase distribution but also improved film uniformity across the devices.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 108 drones and three missiles into the country overnight, of which 89 drones were intercepted or suppressed.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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Then, a billion years later, another cell swallowed one without killing it and took the bacterium’s light-harvesting tools for itself.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 May 2026
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But in pursuing a solution, poison pills must be swallowed to reshape this team for one more championship run with Jokic.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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With this new tech, the cooling limit that has held back computer chip design can be broken.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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Most of the works were sold off by the French state during the 1950s, according to the Musée d’Orsay’s website, but 2,200 were held back for safekeeping by the country’s national museums.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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“Choked (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choked%20%28back%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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