as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question
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Junior linebacker Jared Ibarra and senior safety Emmanuel El Shaddai Hill highlight a defense capable of stifling top attacks.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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These employees say the lack of AI adoption is stifling their productivity.Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some voters may view restrictions on electioneering as suppressing their First Amendment rights, Huefner noted.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The crowd erupted, and Jimmy celebrated behind him, while Jey tried to suppress his laughter.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Common symptoms include a sore throat from tissue irritation, bad breath caused by thriving bacteria, and sometimes difficulty swallowing, if the stones are big enough.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Cherished memories — photo albums, family heirlooms, and tokens of love — swallowed by floodwaters and carried miles away, are now reduced to mere fragments and discarded amid the wreckage.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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Interest rates might edge down a bit more in the coming weeks, but many consumers and business owners could hold back borrowing if postelection tension and uncertainty revs up.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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At the same time as zero-Covid was holding back China’s economy, Beijing in 2020-2021 decided that the country needed to shift away from real estate development as an engine of growth and toward higher-technology pursuits.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Choke (back).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20%28back%29. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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