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suffocating

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"Suffocating is maybe putting it too strongly, but I feel sometimes I can't breathe freely in Scotland," she tells the BBC's Newscast podcast.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Suffocating interior defense led to Filipowski, a star freshman big man, failing to score for the first time this season.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

Suffocating under contradictions, I just lay back and resigned myself.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018

"Yuck," "Creepy," "Suffocating," "I would die after two hours."

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2012

Suffocating and vague, the stillness waxed and ran over the troubled edges of eternity.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James