stranglehold
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Look at the stranglehold ridesharing apps have on hailing a cab.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
"The way they play and how good they are technically, they took a stranglehold of the ball," Howe said.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Senegal midfielder Habib Diarra increased Sunderland's stranglehold before the break with his first league goal since arriving from Strasbourg last year.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
And he wants access to Greenland’s critical minerals, to help break China’s global stranglehold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
She had a hundred questions, but as usual, Kaz was keeping a stranglehold on the answers.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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