stranglehold
noun
stran·gle·hold
ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld 
1
: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked
2
: a force or influence that chokes or suppresses freedom of movement or expression
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Nine consecutive side-outs ensued as neither team could grab a stranglehold of the set before Benesh strung together a pair of points to win it.
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Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
What’s your take on the stranglehold that IP has on the business right now?
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Inertial fusion offers a path to break China’s growing fusion stranglehold.
—Matthew Chase Levy, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The South American nation has some 20,000 internet service providers and lacks the centralized stranglehold over internet infrastructure that authoritarian countries like Iran have built.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
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Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
What’s your take on the stranglehold that IP has on the business right now?
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Inertial fusion offers a path to break China’s growing fusion stranglehold.
—Matthew Chase Levy, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The South American nation has some 20,000 internet service providers and lacks the centralized stranglehold over internet infrastructure that authoritarian countries like Iran have built.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stranglehold. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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stranglehold
noun
stran·gle·hold
ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld
1
: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked
2
: a force or influence that chokes or blocks freedom of development or expression
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