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Recent Examples of stranglehold
Then came another green light, this one from a British pop star with a stranglehold on the cultural zeitgeist.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2024
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
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
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But one unusual example, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is at least 74 years old and has just laid another egg.Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Wisdom had previously mated consistently with an albatross, Akeakamai, who has not been seen for several years.James Powel, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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For several decades, solo cruise travelers found themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to couples and families.David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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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
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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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Leaders can use tools like a pros and cons list or scenario analysis to ensure that potential benefits are given equal weight to potential drawbacks.Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The drawbacks of insomniacs are the hours available to analyze a conflict—a convincing script, a role-play of possible opinions.Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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The downside currently is that the scenes aren’t likely to line up in a suitable alignment.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This new incarnation, Sue, played by Margaret Qualley, is ferociously ambitious and immediately turns on her host, taking Elizabeth’s old job and soon discovering the downside of going against nature.Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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More than 60% of debit transactions in the U.S. use Visa’s debit network, according to the complaint.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2024
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Our main homework was to find the best moment to shoot, that is when the water is at its highest debit.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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Under the civil settlement, McKinsey is not admitting liability.Brian Mann, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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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 23 Dec. 2024.
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