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Recent Examples of stranglehold
The state needs to end its stranglehold on resources that could be better distributed at the local level.
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Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Beijing is bent on weaponizing its stranglehold over global supply chains and its dominance of critical emerging technologies.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
Politicians have been wrested from the stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry and big ag.
—Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
Intel, once the world’s most dominant chipmaker, with a stranglehold on PCs and Macs, has struggled to keep up with the mobile computing wave and has been surpassed in market value by Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, both leaders in mobile chips.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
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Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Beijing is bent on weaponizing its stranglehold over global supply chains and its dominance of critical emerging technologies.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
Politicians have been wrested from the stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry and big ag.
—Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
Intel, once the world’s most dominant chipmaker, with a stranglehold on PCs and Macs, has struggled to keep up with the mobile computing wave and has been surpassed in market value by Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, both leaders in mobile chips.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
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At best, our rights as trans people are treated as a political liability, an albatross Democrats dare not drape around their necks, even after naked bigotry and calls for anti-trans violence have become the modern Republican Party’s most defining traits.Samantha Riedel, Them, 24 Oct. 2024
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Of the other six birds, two more were Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses.Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
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The border has long seemed a political millstone for Democrats, a place where the party splinters on policy and the results are out of step with broad public opinion.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
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Finally, Griffiths will need to address Resolution 2216, which has been a millstone around his predecessor’s neck.Peter Salisbury, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2018
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But life in Kingstree and surrounding communities is marked by poverty, a lack of access to health care, and other socioeconomic disadvantages that have given South Carolina poor rankings in key health indicators such as rates of death and obesity among children and teens.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Over these same years, the polling tells us that Democrats have gone from having a modest edge in how voters identify themselves in partisan terms to having a small disadvantage.Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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Despite these potential drawbacks, the advantages of competition and innovation far outweigh the complexities.Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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But what are the real benefits and drawbacks of incorporating these practices while on constant business trips?Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Given the large uptick in copper prices in recent years, any changes in the long term outlook for copper or change in government policies could be a downside for the stock.Trefis Team, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The downsides of political dominance in California.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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This strategy entails buying a higher strike put and selling a lower strike put, creating a net debit position.Nishant Pant, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Context: The industry-changing Durbin amendment — which aimed to tamp down fees by requiring banks include at least two debit networks on cards — went into effect in 2011.Lucinda Shen, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
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Trump currently has about $575 million in legal liabilities, after losing the fraud case and two others.Dan Alexander, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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With a 363 filing, Film Finances can ensure stability and protect itself from any potential disruptions or lingering 777 liability.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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