stranglehold
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I quit social media after visiting my college-aged daughter, who bemoaned the perception that young people are all anxious, isolated and socially stunted because of the stranglehold of social media and TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
This quartet from Kyoto, Japan, put the Mosswood crowd in a stranglehold at the Field Stage and didn’t let up once during its entire set of math-rocky, manic, candy-colored fury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
I stiffly unlocked my stranglehold on his body and slipped to the ground, landing on my backside.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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