stranglehold
Example Sentences
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The Justice Minister, Naomi Long, has described protection money forced on businesses as a "stranglehold' on the community".
From BBC
China gained a stranglehold over the gallium market when it expanded its aluminum capacity at breakneck speed and included gallium production as part of alumina refining.
Still in the stranglehold of sleep, my mind struggled to make sense of it.
From Literature
The British sled, featuring Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence, will be among those seeking to end Germany's stranglehold.
From BBC
It also seeks to challenge Beijing's stranglehold on critical materials which threatens key EU industries.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
