Example Sentences

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But Xi must be concerned about the very real possibility of a global recession stemming from Iran’s continued strangling of shipping through the Strait.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Lula's new plan aims to focus on financially strangling criminal factions, disrupting money laundering and cracking down on illicit markets that supply these groups, such as arms trafficking.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

It has balanced the budget, improved government aid to the poor by removing political middlemen, and cut a tangle of red tape that was strangling business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

But he stressed that "the strangling of supply chains may be what breaks it".

From BBC • May 22, 2024

He pulls me in and hugs me tight, almost strangling the breath out of me.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven