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stranglehold

[strang-guhl-hohld] / ˈstræŋ gəlˌhoʊld /
NOUN
choke
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Antonelli's eighth win in 14 races this year puts an even tighter stranglehold on the championship for the Italian.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

For anyone who cares about video games as art and has bemoaned the ever-tightening corporate stranglehold over visual entertainment and its archives, Sony’s disc phaseout is an earth-shattering quake that’s not to be taken lightly.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Lewin insists that he approve even routine payments, creating a stranglehold on funding and information.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

More recently, China has shown that it, too, wields potent leverage over other countries—including the U.S.—through its stranglehold on critical minerals essential for manufacturing everything from semiconductors to jet engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

He had new ideas about how to break the stranglehold of slavery and refused to give up his guns.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead



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