death grip

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Recent Examples of death grip And Arab regimes have not, in fact, established a death grip on public mobilization. Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024 This rebalancing also means a headset with roughly the same weight as the Quest 2 can sit securely on your face without the need to tighten the head strap in a death grip around your skull, leading to noticeably less pressure on the area around your eyes and sinuses. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023 Such talk is music to the ears of Believe’s 52-year-old CEO Denis Ladegaillerie, who co-founded the business in 2005, when technology had the music industry in a death grip that sent global sales of recorded music from a peak of more than $24 billion in 1999 to a bottom of $14 billion in 2014. Ariel Shapiro, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 The patented shooting yoke holds your rifle in a, well, death grip to give you repeatable shots and hands-free positioning in any shooting condition. T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for death grip 
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Noun
  • Arsenal mustered 23 shots, but only three of them were on target and there was a form of control in the excellence of Newcastle’s defending.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Guatemala has also agreed to create a task force for border control and protection along the country’s eastern borders.
    Michael Rios, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For all of Trump’s abuses of power in his first term, culminating in his attempt to subvert the 2020 election, his administration never attempted to openly defy a court order despite losing, by one analysis, over three quarters of the federal cases it was involved in.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Immigration was a key element of President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and helped Republicans sweep to power on a national level.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Dramatically, the buildup to this state of unchecked dominion is more taut than the fallout, largely because Grabowsky’s fine, watchful performance contributes much of the tension as Rakel’s sheer powerlessness begins to dawn on her.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Urinetown, a defiantly scatological show that premiered on Broadway in 2001, is about a community in the throes of a drought where, thanks to the dominion of the Urine Good Company over the water supply, citizens must pay for the privilege of peeing.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Patrick, who serves as president of the Texas Senate, has considerable sway over policy in the state, which means his push to ban consumable THC products will likely gain at least some traction during the session.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The internet of the 1990s developed under the sway of an anti-corporate, non-conformist spirit.
    Tyler Cowen, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Graham, another former Arsenal player turned manager, delivered two league titles and four cups during his near nine-year reign at Highbury, and was the master of the 1-0 win.
    Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Yet for a monarch all too accustomed to Middle East crises, the Oval Office meeting Tuesday was one of the most pivotal of his 25-year reign, despite the friendly overtones.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Death grip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20grip. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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