stranglehold
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Look at the stranglehold ridesharing apps have on hailing a cab.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
It also placed a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that serves as a critical shipping route through which a fifth of the world's energy shipments usually transits.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
China gained a stranglehold over the gallium market when it expanded its aluminum capacity at breakneck speed and included gallium production as part of alumina refining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Aryna Sabalenka has taken a stranglehold on women's tennis, ending 2025 by finishing world number one for the second straight year.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Now somebody else besides himself had a real stranglehold on his future.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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