Stranglehold

Word STRANGLEHOLD
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What do we mean by stranglehold?

An illegal wrestling hold used to choke an opponent. noun

A force, influence, or action that restricts or suppresses freedom or progress. noun

A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off. noun

A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe noun

Complete power over a person or situation noun

A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.

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The word "stranglehold" in example sentences

Federer, on the other hand, is usually the favorite whenever he enters a major, with the exception of the French, where Nadal has a four-year title stranglehold, including wins over Roger in the last three finales in Paris. ❋ Unknown (2009)

LONDON (MarketWatch) - French police attempted to clear protesters from fuel depots Wednesday, an effort to break a stranglehold on fuel supplies resulting from strikes and protests against the government's plan to raise the retirement age. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And finally season three would be called stranglehold, which was about the response to a well established alien presence on Earth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Israel, they wrote, has become a "strategic liability" for the United States but retains its strong support because of a wealthy, well-organized, and bewitching lobby that has a "stranglehold" on Congress and American ❋ Unknown (2007)

Back in 2008, he used fiery rhetoric chastising the "stranglehold" of the big drug companies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the 1970s, he is on tape agreeing with Nixon that Jews have a "stranglehold" on the media, and saying of his Jewish friends, "they swarm around me and are friendly to me, [but] they don't know how I really feel about what the're doing to this country." ❋ Unknown (2009)

This controversial 2006 essay argued that American Jews have a "stranglehold" on the U.S. ❋ GayandRight (2009)

The Rev. Billy Graham, spiritual advisor to many presidents, was recorded in Nixon's oval office castigating the Jewish "stranglehold" on this country and hoping that Nixon "might be able to do something" about it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Far from a 'stranglehold' on education the middleclasses 'embrace' it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If they had a "stranglehold" we'd have a Federal Marriage Amendment already. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Rev. Billy Graham openly voiced a belief that Jews control America's media, calling it a "stranglehold" during a 1972 conversation with President Richard Nixon, according to a tape of the Oval Office meeting released by the National Archives. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Which is why I think this 'stranglehold' story is sometimes a crutch we use to explain anxiety over what feels like the virtual disappearance of cultural recognition for new classical music in those years. ❋ Lisa Hirsch (2007)

His institute describes itself as being dedicated to breaking the "stranglehold" of western ideas among Muslims, and coming to the aid of Islamic movements fighting for "Islamic revolutions and the establishment of Islamic states in other Muslim countries of the world." ❋ Unknown (2006)

How about the "stranglehold" that two bay area white women have on California's representation in the senate? ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

Companies like Alcatel, Redback Networks and Tellabs could break the "stranglehold" companies like Cisco System and Juniper Networks have on the IP edge market, according to the analyst. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What kind of stranglehold will this put on our ability to provide essential services? ❋ Unknown (1995)

The voyage is widely viewed by the country’s second-tier internet providers as the final leg of a journey that began two years ago when Pipe International’s holding company, Pipe Networks, set out to break a stranglehold on Australia’s international bandwidth market. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Daily Mail: Does the Italian Mafia have a "stranglehold" on the Pachino tomato trade? ❋ By THE NEW YORK TIMES (2011)

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