Example Sentences

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"People are choking on pollution, choking on the concrete -- and all the dust that comes with the construction, traffic, smog, heatwaves," she added.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Primary dealers are choking on inventory they can’t move.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 23, 2025

In California’s Inland Empire, dozens of mega-warehouses for Amazon, UPS and other companies are choking the cities with traffic and air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

We are choking our planet to death with our own selfish consumption and not enough people realize what that looks like.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2023

“It sounds like you are choking a donkey.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin