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Recent Examples of choke off
Trump’s threat Sunday to blockade the Strait of Hormuz could choke off Iran’s oil sales and the multimillion-dollar tolls that were helping finance its war against the United States.
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Their true deterrence is their ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and choke off 20% of the world’s energy supply.
—Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Prices spiked after the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran in late February, prompting Iran to choke off a key access point for the global oil supply.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Germany repurposed dye works into munitions plants with very little effort, and though Britain did its level best to choke off Germany’s importation of some of the chemicals used in dyestuffs and explosives, Haber’s discovery was the nail in the coffin.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Their true deterrence is their ability to close the Strait of Hormuz and choke off 20% of the world’s energy supply.
—Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Prices spiked after the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran in late February, prompting Iran to choke off a key access point for the global oil supply.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Germany repurposed dye works into munitions plants with very little effort, and though Britain did its level best to choke off Germany’s importation of some of the chemicals used in dyestuffs and explosives, Haber’s discovery was the nail in the coffin.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
Verb
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Since the 2023 rule changes meant to speed up the game on the mound, baseball has unmistakably turned back the clock on the bases.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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In 1961, Castro helped turn back the Bay of Pigs invasion supported by the Kennedy Administration, often executing the wishes of his brother.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
Verb
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Change the menu—cut off their food sources.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Iran's near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz has thrown global oil trade into disarray, cutting off importers from around one-fifth of the global oil supply that traversed the waterway before the war.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Dramatic currents, once suppressed, here bloom unashamed.—
Russell Platt,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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