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Recent Examples of stranglehold
Garcia has a stranglehold on third base for the Royals in a way that has not been seen since Mike Moustakas during their last championship window.
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Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The Tribune wrote about The Austin Voice in 1991 after the newspaper took on a notorious street gang that had a stranglehold on the community for years, according to Tribune archives.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Policies also ban chokeholds, strangleholds and shooting at moving vehicles.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025
But the state party appears to be heading into another election year with few strong challengers on the state political stage and little chance of breaking the Democratic stranglehold on Massachusetts.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
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Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
The Tribune wrote about The Austin Voice in 1991 after the newspaper took on a notorious street gang that had a stranglehold on the community for years, according to Tribune archives.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Policies also ban chokeholds, strangleholds and shooting at moving vehicles.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2025
But the state party appears to be heading into another election year with few strong challengers on the state political stage and little chance of breaking the Democratic stranglehold on Massachusetts.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
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Now comes an arguably harder chapter: Making sure the bill and its Medicaid cuts don’t become a political albatross for Republicans.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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This will be a political albatross for the Republicans.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 June 2025
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But this also turned out to be a millstone around the agency’s neck.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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Its historic millstone quarries once produced grinding stones exported across Northern Europe.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Walking away entirely from UNEP would put us at a disadvantage.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Some of the female immune advantage may be male immune disadvantage, and while it’s accepted that hormones affect immunity, determining to what degree is an ongoing research question.—
Starre Vartan,
CNN Money,
7 July 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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The real drawback from my vantage point is the starting price for the Z Fold 7: $2,000.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Alternatively, aspiring retirees may turn to annuities as an interim funding strategy, although experts say that may also have drawbacks.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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The downside to such an amazingly thin phone is—surprise, surprise—battery life.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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Between injury risk and his aging curve, there's far more downside to locking him up this far in advance than there is upside.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Up to $5 worth of copies can be printed at one time with a temporary charge of $5 when paying for printing and copying by debit or credit card.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Pro tip: Notre Dame is a cashless campus, so be ready to break out your debit or credit card.—
Eric Larsen,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Despite progress in recent years, Illinois still faces more than $140 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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The green card must be relinquished according to specific procedures to escape U.S. tax liability.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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