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Recent Examples of stranglehold
Oklahoma City put a stranglehold on the game in third quarter, as the Thunder stretched their lead to as many as 20 points with Gilgeous-Alexander continuing to key OKC’s attack.
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Kevin Dotson, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
That’s a key field for U.S.-China competition and China has a stranglehold on Africa’s critical minerals.
—Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Today, Chinese automakers have become a formidable force, coming a long way to loosen the stranglehold that Western and Japanese automakers once had on the automotive sector.
—Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The president’s flight ends his family’s 54-year stranglehold on the country which began when his father Hafez al-Assad seized power in a bloodless coup in November 1970.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Dotson, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
That’s a key field for U.S.-China competition and China has a stranglehold on Africa’s critical minerals.
—Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Today, Chinese automakers have become a formidable force, coming a long way to loosen the stranglehold that Western and Japanese automakers once had on the automotive sector.
—Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The president’s flight ends his family’s 54-year stranglehold on the country which began when his father Hafez al-Assad seized power in a bloodless coup in November 1970.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
Noun
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Lindholm is still a high-end defensive presence, and he’s been more productive lately (four goals in his last 10 games), but this contract already looks like an albatross.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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After seven years on the market, Lopez finally managed to sell her Madison Square Park penthouse this summer, only to have the Beverly Hills compound replace it as a real-estate albatross around her real-estate neck.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
26 Dec. 2024
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Harris was weighed down by the same millstones that had hung around Biden’s neck up until his withdrawal from the race, notably voter concerns over immigration, inflation and the economy.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
6 Jan. 2025
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Alliances were millstones, multilateral arrangements were constraints rather than sources of leverage, and the United Nations and other international bodies were distractions, if not altogether irrelevant.—
William J. Burns,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Mar. 2019
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This leaves lower-income workers at a significant disadvantage in creating long-term financial security.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Even with a lightsaber in his hands and a handful of hostages, our villain seems to be at a disadvantage and forced to continue to improvise.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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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 benefits, there are some drawbacks to forming an S Corp.—
Jessica Ledingham, J.D., LL.M.,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The drawback, of course, was Anunoby’s status as a pending unrestricted free agent.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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But the downside of staying too long is also well documented.—
Sumeet Salwan,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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This deal was a reminder of the downside of a hard cap, as a beloved franchise icon was dealt away over a relatively small gap in contract negotiations.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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The Federal Trade Commission advises anyone whose debit or credit card Information was exposed to do the following: Contact your bank or credit card company to cancel your card and request a new one.—
Fernanda Galan,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Jan. 2025
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According to Chabrier, the new rule keeps pace with the change in overdraft protection as paper checks have been replaced with instant debits.—
Jon Healey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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Because the greatest liability to having Innies freely roaming the outside world is Helly, a.k.a.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Jan. 2025
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If snow or ice remains untouched for hours and hours after the storm, then liability may become an issue.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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