Example Sentences

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The conflict has strangled Middle Eastern airports that are hubs for more than 20% of cargo moving between Asia and Europe, Africa and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The conflict with Iran has strangled movement through the Persian Gulf and catapulted the price of a barrel of oil.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The war has strangled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a U-bend-like chokepoint off the Iranian coast that acts as a highway for more than a third of the world’s oceangoing oil exports each year.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

An accomplished obliterator of the golf ball when he is at his best, Koepka has strangled Augusta’s par 5s.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

“See,” said a cuadrillero, at last, “he has strangled himself with his tongue!”

From An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere by Rizal, José