stranglehold
Example Sentences
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But many experts doubt that a deeply fractured opposition could do much to loosen Morena’s stranglehold on power.
From Los Angeles Times
They will invoke academic freedom and free speech to maintain a stranglehold that allows neither.
He provided one moment of danger in the first half when he forced Giorgi Mamardashvili to save with his legs, but was otherwise anonymous as Real failed to establish any sort of stranglehold.
From BBC
“The figures show the stranglehold caused by the government shutdown on the IPO market, which is unlikely to return to its September glories until an end to the deadlock,” Kerr said.
From Barron's
He also secured promises of greater cooperation on the key issue of rare earths as Washington scrambles to break China's stranglehold on materials that enable a wide array of modern technology.
From Barron's
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