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as in to suffocate
to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters
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as in to block
to prevent passage through by filling with something
overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings
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An Illinois man saved his neighbor's choking child in a moment that was captured in doorbell camera footage.
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Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
In the lawsuit, Barnett claimed LaBeouf tried to choke her multiple times, including once during a violent attack at a gas station in February 2019.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Autonomy without sharing could be exactly the opposite of what Musk wants—a city that’s choked with traffic and a pain to travel in rather than one that is beautiful, with smooth roads.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
He is allegedly fatally choked 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
In the lawsuit, Barnett claimed LaBeouf tried to choke her multiple times, including once during a violent attack at a gas station in February 2019.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Autonomy without sharing could be exactly the opposite of what Musk wants—a city that’s choked with traffic and a pain to travel in rather than one that is beautiful, with smooth roads.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
He is allegedly fatally choked 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jamie Busch allegedly strangled her sister in her home during an altercation between 4:50 p.m. and 11:59 on October 8.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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She’d been stripped naked and strangled with her own stockings, with a bite mark on her breast.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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If your child is vomiting and has diarrhea, the best way to manage their condition is to keep them hydrated, feed them easily digestible food, and allow plenty of rest.Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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Struggling to breathe, vomiting during coughing fits and fatigue are also severe symptoms of the disease.Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2024
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But don’t suffocate them with overly formal onboarding.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Run in fear, stamp it underfoot, or poison and suffocate it with insecticide?Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
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Former President Trump’s legal challenges to the results and his attempts to block the certification of the vote became a saga that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Trump's longtime public praise of Putin and past impeachment linked to Ukraine prompts concern in Kyiv, as do his proposals for a quick peace settlement that may hand Moscow control of swaths of eastern Ukraine and block Kyiv from future NATO membership.David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this year, in March, the EU hit Apple with a $2 billion antitrust fine for allegedly throttling rivals to its streaming service Apple Music in its iOS App Store.BYPaolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
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But management has successfully navigated that, throttling its call-option sales in a timely way to minimize that drag.Michael Foster, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
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Spencer, who was defeated in his re-election bid in April, is facing charges of felony misconduct in office and resisting or obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor.Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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The organization said Choi ran with the assistance of two unauthorized people riding the course on electric bicycles, which obstructed runners.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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When that trouble occurs, his team jams all communication in and out of the building and storms in to arrest Parker, McGee, and anybody else who wants to interfere with an FBI investigation.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Some of the other drones were jammed by electronic warfare and some flew into Russian or Belarusian airspace.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Choke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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