Example Sentences

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Fighting in the Middle East had choked off a big chunk of the world’s fertilizer supply and sent prices for certain fertilizers up 40% from where they were in late February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

That’s where she’s been on the mend since early March, when she arrived with a hook lodged in her throat and a flipper that was mostly dead from fishing line that had choked off circulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Abta said the policies had "choked off" this summer's travel trade, with seven out of 10 travel firms planning to make redundancies after furlough ends.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2021

Mudslides and landslides, he said, had choked off many of the arteries leading to the remote towns hard-hit by the quake.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

The tension that had choked him for months was gone.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli