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Recent Examples of choke hold
However, the Admiral’s choke hold on his troops is stronger than Sean Bean’s charisma.
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Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
Katagiri previously tried to maintain a delicate peace between the different yakuza factions, but the arrival of detective Shoko Negate (Miki Maya) heralds a new, aggressive stance by the police to end the yakuza’s choke hold on the city.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
The director indulges in major and minor stunts, staging plenty of scenes with cars rolling over to escape exploding bombs and characters escaping choke holds from people determined to kill them.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
States began working to ban choke holds and no-knock warrants, and cities rethought their entire approach to policing.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
Katagiri previously tried to maintain a delicate peace between the different yakuza factions, but the arrival of detective Shoko Negate (Miki Maya) heralds a new, aggressive stance by the police to end the yakuza’s choke hold on the city.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024
The director indulges in major and minor stunts, staging plenty of scenes with cars rolling over to escape exploding bombs and characters escaping choke holds from people determined to kill them.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
States began working to ban choke holds and no-knock warrants, and cities rethought their entire approach to policing.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke hold
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In workplaces near and away, empty cubicles gleam and Zoom calls hold sway.Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Set in a speculative future in which the supply chain has failed and a lethal drug holds sway, Leif Enger’s latest novel steers a harrowing course through a broken world.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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His on-brand clutch redemption Monday was the most reassuring sign yet.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Dec. 2024
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Its shorter wheelbase, lower standover height, and more linear power delivery – as well as the absence of a clutch or gear shifter – are all reassuring characteristics for an inexperienced rider.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Pilgrims submitted to security controls before entering the Holy Door, amid new security fears following a deadly Christmas market attack in Germany.Silvia Stellacci and Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Ward is under team control for 2025 and 2026, so the Blue Jays would have him for two seasons.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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By Jemima McEvoy, Forbes Staff Ed Stack stands with his arms crossed, surveying the wall of colorful basketball shoes near the entrance of Dick’s Sporting Goods’ House of Sport in Pittsburgh’s Ross Park Mall.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this month, China imposed sanctions on over a dozen American companies over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Thursday’s event – an annual display of Putin’s mastery of the minutiae of domestic policy as well as of geopolitics – consists of a public Q&A session combined with a public phone-in.Anna Chernova, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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Willimon had proven his mastery of story not only on House of Cards but the Star Wars spinoff Andor.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Last week, Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy from hold.Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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If the high court takes the case, the injunction would almost certainly be in place — and thus the ban on hold — until the justices hear and decide the dispute.Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Fund 1 was part of Blackstone’s 6.4 billion euro takeover of cosmetic-maker L’Occitane earlier this year.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
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These fraudulent identities can then be used to perpetrate various types of fraud, including account takeovers and financial scams.Damon Fleury, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Can the art of opera ever escape the suffocating grip of its magnificent past?Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Second, the individual struggles of a player who is caught in the grip of a crisis, both on the pitch and off it.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Choke hold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20hold. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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