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Accidental suffocations and strangulations aren't necessarily happening more often, some experts say; rather, fatality review teams have become better at identifying causes of death.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

County’s safe sleep campaign that launched in 2012, the number of infant suffocations dropped from 70 in 2011 to 34 in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

He kept the chains moving, always more willing to run for four yards than to force a throw, as Bama’s defense performed its typical suffocations.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020

And the data, Locker said, has failed to show that bumper pads cause suffocations.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2019

For more than 15 years I had suffered from attacks of asthma, which caused the most painful suffocations every night.

From Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile