choke hold

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“I feel like an MMA fighter who keeps getting inflation in a choke hold, waiting for it to tap out, yet it keeps slipping out of my grasp at the last minute,” Waller said.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024

The infamous legal arrangement, known in some other states as a guardianship, put a court-ordered choke hold on the entertainer’s personal life, financial affairs and globally recognized career.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

Instead, Gadsby holds you in an emotional choke hold through much of the show: if you don’t like her material, you’re one of them.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

American Demetrious Johnson, also making his One Championship debut, won his flyweight bout when he got Japan’s Yuya Wakamatsu in a choke hold at 2 minutes, 40-seconds of the second round.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2019

Armpit charged into them, freeing Zigzag from Zero's choke hold.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar