Example Sentences

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J.P.Morgan Asset Management maintains a "neutral" weight on China, preferring a wait-and-see stance for the short term after authorities last week rolled back draconian anti-COVID policies that were strangling the economy.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2022

What really mattered to Mr. Kim were the sanctions, which, after three new rounds in 2017, were strangling his nation’s already pitiful economy.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2019

Vines six- to eight-inches in diameter were strangling the trees and ivy was threatening to take over the visible ground.

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2016

A better argument can be made, I think, that, by battling the restrictive and wasteful work rules that were strangling London newspapers, Murdoch economically liberated the newspapers, saving many more jobs.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 28, 2014

Evan tensed up his fingers as if he were strangling an invisible ghost.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies