noose

Example Sentences

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You’re able to evade feeling pinched by the noose of transactional cosmopolitianism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A relative told us it was "like a noose around our necks", and another expressed frustration that "you can't give them away".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

If rates keep climbing, the fiscal noose might tighten.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Despite waves of Carthaginian resistance and the increasing hostility of Roman elites, who resented his precocious record and thirst for glory, Scipio tightened the noose around Carthage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway