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Recent Examples of choke off
Our insurance premiums were choking off the funds necessary to keep our buildings safe and, paradoxically, increasing the likelihood of filings claims.
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John A. Crotty, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
The United States cut off sales of critical software tools used to design semiconductors to China as part of retaliation for Beijing effectively choking off rare earth exports, which reignited acrimony between the two countries following a trade truce struck in Geneva in mid-May.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Those staffers continue to fire longtime federal employees, cut budgets and choke off government programs while protected by an administration that has pushed to keep their maneuverings out of the public spotlight.
—William Turton, ProPublica, 10 June 2025
Reuters reported this month that the White House had asked the Treasury Department to explore easing energy sanctions ahead of the leaders' phone call, which would be a reversal of the policy of former President Joe Biden, whose administration tried to choke off funds for Russian aggression.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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John A. Crotty, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
The United States cut off sales of critical software tools used to design semiconductors to China as part of retaliation for Beijing effectively choking off rare earth exports, which reignited acrimony between the two countries following a trade truce struck in Geneva in mid-May.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
Those staffers continue to fire longtime federal employees, cut budgets and choke off government programs while protected by an administration that has pushed to keep their maneuverings out of the public spotlight.
—William Turton, ProPublica, 10 June 2025
Reuters reported this month that the White House had asked the Treasury Department to explore easing energy sanctions ahead of the leaders' phone call, which would be a reversal of the policy of former President Joe Biden, whose administration tried to choke off funds for Russian aggression.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
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The monthly number, which represents the percentage of people who are unemployed and looking for work is expected turn back up to 4.2% when the July jobs report is released on Friday, Aug. 1.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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China is building out clean energy at a blistering pace, as the US takes a chainsaw to its wind and solar sectors and makes a hard turn back toward fossil fuels.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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Charron, 39, was found guilty of first-degree murder in April in connection with the death of Sardinha, 25, who was stabbed twice in the chest and nearly had her nose cut off on Sept. 2, 2020, in her apartment in Huntington Beach, KTLA reported.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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The Florence Project, the only nonprofit organization in Arizona that, with federal funds, provided attorneys for minors, was forced to stop assigning lawyers after the government cut off funding in March 2025.—
Nicol Leon,
AZCentral.com,
27 July 2025
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Sandra Lynn Hemme filed the suit Thursday, which accuses investigators of fabricating evidence, coercing a false confession and suppressing evidence that could have proven her innocence.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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Past research, Jansen notes, has found that cannabis can suppress the immune system through its active compounds: CBD, THC and other minor cannabinoids.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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“Choke off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20off. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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