as in to choke
to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe
I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!
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Even if private operators don’t immediately bid on every tract offered for lease, resuming federal oil and gas auctions signals that Washington is again friendly to the energy industry—an abrupt shift from Biden’s efforts to throttle lease sales.
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Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Such measures include slowing or throttling traffic speeds by internet providers.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The ruling, by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, overturned last year’s communications commission vote, which reinstated the net neutrality rules barring broadband providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic to some websites and speeding up access to others that pay extra fees.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
The Mustangs also throttled Class 2A No. 5 Ozark Catholic by 35 points in mid-December.
—Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Such measures include slowing or throttling traffic speeds by internet providers.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
The ruling, by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, overturned last year’s communications commission vote, which reinstated the net neutrality rules barring broadband providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic to some websites and speeding up access to others that pay extra fees.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
The Mustangs also throttled Class 2A No. 5 Ozark Catholic by 35 points in mid-December.
—Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Throttle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throttle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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