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stranglehold

[strang-guhl-hohld] / ˈstræŋ gəlˌhoʊld /
NOUN
choke
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To break Coupang's stranglehold, the governing party even proposed relaxing existing restrictions so more retailers can deliver overnight.

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

After four punishing wartime winters, the stranglehold of the Allied blockade was causing increasing hardship in Germany and growing demands for peace.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman



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