How to Use choke point in a Sentence

choke point

noun
  • This is the mother of all choke points.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The cars and choke point returned.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The strait is a vital choke point for the global oil trade.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The strait is the most important trade choke point for oil in the world.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Bridges became choke points, and as those made of wood caught fire, people were trapped.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2023
  • To make sure there aren’t any deer above you, focus these stands on choke points and saddles.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The region isn’t the only cable choke point around the world.
    — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2022
  • That’s the choke point for gun owners in the election season.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Palestinians call it a choke point that can be shut off on a soldier’s whim.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2021
  • Most of them continued on; Kirkenes was just a choke point on the way out.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • And those strategic choke points are coming back into play.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Having just two outdoor stages worked well, and there weren't any traffic choke points.
    — Robert Morast, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017
  • River crossings are choke points where travelers can be forced to pony up tolls.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2019
  • This choke point can put commuters into a cold sweat of dashboard-pounding rage.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2018
  • But even with zero trust, identity becomes the new choke point.
    — Rohan Pinto, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The plan is to strategically place units around choke points to ward off danger, and set up traps.
    — Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
  • Exits can funnel into choke points.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Hackathon going on right now to fix 2 worst robot production choke points.
    — Kirsten Korosec, Fortune, 13 May 2018
  • The strait, controlled on three sides by Iran, is the choke point for shipping from the region.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • For instance, one choke point the United States has is its microchips.
    — A Martínez, NPR, 5 May 2025
  • Oil prices have risen as Iran has closed off the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil choke point.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Access to rare earth minerals is seen as a key choke point for many of today’s high-tech supply chains.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The Strait is a choke point through which roughly one-fifth of global oil normally flows.
    — Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • These are the choke points that have held back solid-state production globally.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Major choke points slow and disrupt train traffic along the corridor.
    — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019
  • With its 50-50 split, the Senate is looking like the choke point.
    — Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
  • If that jet stream should encounter a high-pressure system, full of dry light winds, that can act as a choke point for the vortex.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The congestion between second green and the third tee also became a choke point at times.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2019
  • No hunches like the one that told him to bet $223 of his paper-route money on a stranger’s choke point.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • With the lawmakers slowly draining out the far end of the hall, those doors became a strategic choke point.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021

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