death grip

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Recent Examples of death grip Alma clutched her arm and didn’t let go—a death grip. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 The snow and the low temperatures put Florida’s citrus and vegetable industry in a death grip. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025 Its strategy relied on maintaining a death grip on existing customers. Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024 Smash the party’s death grip on the court and vote for Wendy Li. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for death grip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for death grip
Noun
  • The circular plinth appears to float above a speaker base that hosts controls, and is made from a translucent material (perhaps acrylic) that allows the lighting within to dance to the sounds coming from the vinyl spinning on the equally visual platter.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Guam plays a vital role in enabling the ability to operate forward by supporting logistics, command and control, and fleet readiness, the U.S. Navy said.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Intake leverages the power of Ivalua’s gen AI and low code/no code configuration to automate and orchestrate processes across any system.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As America steers the rickety tricycle of its fading dominion toward the boundless horizon of partisan derangement and endless griping, football will once again go about its job of trying to distract us from whatever the government decides to get up to in 2025.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Stark, strategic realities require we the people of the United States disengage from the cabal that is attempting to assert dominion over our country.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Venezuelans make up almost one-third of the city’s electorate and hold significant sway in local elections.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
  • With Turkish backing, HTS operated in northwestern Idlib Province through much of the Syrian civil war and managed to extend its sway over the territory.
    Jerome Drevon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This included Lashley's reigns as both WWE Champion and WWE United States Champion, as well as Benjamin and Alexander's tenure as WWE Raw Tag Team Champions.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
  • When chaos reigns, the ER truly does become the Wild West — sometimes saving a life means breaking rules.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Death grip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20grip. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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