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With the Iran war continuing to strangle Middle East oil supplies, public transit agencies looking to add passengers might expect high gas prices to incentivize people to ride the rails more than ever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

The strangle costs about $13.15, but of course, the actual cost of the trade is multiplied by 100, which each options contract represents.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

In fact, the straddle or strangle buy here is worth looking at.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

The goal "is not to dominate China; nor is it to strangle or humiliate them", the document says.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

He continued to stare down at her hands in lieu of meeting her eyes, as if he were worried that she’d try to strangle him.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

All items in the table should be checked just before the earnings are announced, for that would be the time to buy the straddles or strangles if they do satisfy the “needed” requirement.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

As the war in Iran strangles the flow of oil around the globe, California’s jet fuel reservoirs are running low.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

This blocking of competition drives up prices for merchants and consumers, harms security and strangles innovation.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

He could have added: until, finally, it strangles us.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2022

I no longer have to tie the faja so tightly it strangles my rib cage for fear of my anacos falling down.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

His 110-ball stay for 29 on the final day before being strangled down the leg side was at least encouraging.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Growth was limited, however, as production in OPEC’s de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, was constrained by threats to its key export routes, while a U.S. naval blockade strangled Iranian shipments from the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Sir James said: "Londoners need homes they can afford to buy or rent. Entrepreneurs need to be able to start and grow businesses without being strangled by cost and regulation."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the past 250 years, a nation once so fragile that it might have been strangled in its cradle has risen above all its major competitors and established itself as the world’s pre-eminent power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Though the bindings on her pink-and-yellow gown crushed her ribs, and the pearls and diamonds around her neck strangled her, she kept her chin high, poised.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

In parts of Africa, Central America, and India, drought is already strangling crop yields and threatening famine.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

For 50 years, Cfius has made classified judgments about strategic assets without strangling private markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

In “Two Prosecutors,” the inert nobodies blocking Kornev’s progress are crisply choreographed, Stalin’s existential choke hold strangling their very spirit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

South Africa hosts the first G20 summit on African soil this weekend, with a debt crisis strangling many developing countries, at the top of the pile of issues on the table.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

But it was not the green color of the jungles, suffocating and strangling the earth.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko