choke hold

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The narrow-minded criticisms that informed these changes still have a choke hold on popular culture, and they do far more harm than influencing a mere movie script.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Instead, Gadsby holds you in an emotional choke hold through much of the show: if you don’t like her material, you’re one of them.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

American Demetrious Johnson, also making his One Championship debut, won his flyweight bout when he got Japan’s Yuya Wakamatsu in a choke hold at 2 minutes, 40-seconds of the second round.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2019

At Vulture, Emily Yoshida noted the “enigmatic, elegiac performance” by Hayek and added that the film’s “central clash between healers and destroyers maintains its choke hold long after the credits have rolled.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2017

Armpit charged into them, freeing Zigzag from Zero's choke hold.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar