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throttle
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See: occlude, shut, stifle


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A fleet of high-tech trash trucks with quarter-million-dollar price tags sit idle because of broken throttles.
The dual throttles can also be locked together for simplicity when flying single-engine aircraft.
Los Angeles has pulled its entire fleet of environmentally friendly trash trucks off the road because throttles on the $250,000 vehicles are sticking, forcing delays in picking up recyclable materials as well as costly overtime, officials said Tuesday.
 
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