as in to turn back
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Recent Examples of choke off
Tens of thousands of longshoremen went on strike at midnight ET, shutting down major ports along the East and Gulf coasts and choking off deliveries of everything from produce to auto parts.
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Mike Calia, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Dry, dusty air and cooler ocean temperatures here, off the continent’s northwest coast, have combined to choke off storms.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
World & Nation Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims
July 1, 2024
The roadblocks and mass vigils have choked off major cities and disrupted food and fuel supplies, exacerbating the country’s rolling economic crisis.
—Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Mike Calia, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Dry, dusty air and cooler ocean temperatures here, off the continent’s northwest coast, have combined to choke off storms.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
World & Nation Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims
July 1, 2024
The roadblocks and mass vigils have choked off major cities and disrupted food and fuel supplies, exacerbating the country’s rolling economic crisis.
—Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
India has surged to become the second-biggest supplier of restricted critical technologies to Russia, US and European officials said, highlighting the challenge in efforts to choke off exports fueling President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke off
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In 2024, both Finland and Poland passed legislation that allows border officials to turn back asylum seekers at their land borders.Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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It's been a roller coaster for Rodgers, who has looked like a 41-year-old quarterback coming off a serious injury but has shown flashes of turning back the clock.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
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TikTok and content creators on the app argued the ban violates their First Amendment rights by cutting off all speech on the platform, while the federal government argued the ban is necessary for national security, given ByteDance’s Chinese ownership.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Kira Weibel was in eighth grade when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the student’s Altadena charter school, cutting off critical community connections.Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Some Korean veterans of that war were also involved in suppressing uprisings such as the one in Gwangju.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Facebook played a major role in the 2020 election and came under fire from Trump and Republicans for allegedly suppressing conservative voices.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Jan. 2025
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