stranglehold

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Recent Examples of stranglehold Has anybody lightened the Celtics’ stranglehold on this conference? Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 July 2024 That said, the last couple of years have been a testament to the NFL’s hegemonic stranglehold on our collective imagination, as the 2023 Commanders-Cowboys game averaged 41.76 million viewers on CBS, coming up just shy of Fox’s record performance the previous season (42.06 million). Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024 If the scene of Kathryn Hahn choking Aubrey Plaza didn’t already put you in a sapphic stranglehold, rest assured some very gay things seem bound to happen on the Disney+ WandaVision spinoff. James Factora, Them, 27 Sep. 2024 And without international consensus on how to deal with Lebanon given Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the state, Israel risks locking the IDF into another scenario in which military tools are expected to resolve fundamentally political questions. Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stranglehold 
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Noun
  • See 10 of the world’s majestic albatrosses (including the tōroa) on island-hopping itineraries stopping at all six of the island groups within the archipelago.
    Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The first item on their list of fixes would surely be killing the albatross.
    Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Anyway, he’s been speaking to Jack Lang about the millstone around his neck that was the £72million fee Arsenal paid for him in 2019.
    Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Now, with the Monaco millstone lifted, a refueled Leclerc can focus on getting to the top.
    Jerome Pugmire, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Noun
  • For several decades, solo cruise travelers found themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to couples and families.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Dolphins will be at a rest disadvantage the rest of the way Miami will play the Texans coming off a bye, meaning Houston will have a full seven-day rest advantage.
    Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).
    Emily Barone, Time, 19 July 2017
  • LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.
    Brent Cooper, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2017
Noun
  • There are other models, of course, and people will debate the various benefits and drawbacks.
    Tyler Cowen, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
  • However, several drawbacks arose due to their internal chemistry, and that's prevented them from being widely adopted.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The downside currently is that the scenes aren’t likely to line up in a suitable alignment.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While there's more opportunity to flex his comedic range as both the younger and older Doctor Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik in 's third live-action Sonic movie, there's one major downside, the actor joked in a new featurette released on YouTube.
    Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To use a buy now, pay later plan, consumers typically sign up with bank account information or a debit or credit card, and agree to pay for purchases in monthly installments, typically over eight weeks or more.
    Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The suspect was found to be under the influence of a stimulant and was in possession of burglary tools, a glass smoking pipe and various debit/credit cards belonging to other people.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Under the civil settlement, McKinsey is not admitting liability.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The agreement also resolves McKinsey's civil liability for allegedly violating the False Claims Act by causing Purdue Pharma to submit false claims to federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary prescriptions of OxyContin.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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