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Recent Examples of stranglehold
The song won 27-year-old Cole the Grammy for best R&B vocal performance, female at the 18th annual Grammy Awards, breaking Aretha Franklin's eight-year stranglehold on the category.
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Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The Eagles defense that placed the Super Bowl in a stranglehold is built mostly around young players who will be in green for years.
—Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer, arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The year 2024, like 2023, was one where content creation and streaming's deluge of thousands of new songs directly impacted Nashville's stranglehold on America's pop cultural evolution.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2024
But Cao has made waves attempting to break the blue stranglehold, taking swipes at the Democratic positions on diversity, equity and inclusion and promoting Trump’s agenda, including tariffs, in a state with overwhelmingly strong Republican districts.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The Eagles defense that placed the Super Bowl in a stranglehold is built mostly around young players who will be in green for years.
—Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer, arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
The year 2024, like 2023, was one where content creation and streaming's deluge of thousands of new songs directly impacted Nashville's stranglehold on America's pop cultural evolution.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2024
But Cao has made waves attempting to break the blue stranglehold, taking swipes at the Democratic positions on diversity, equity and inclusion and promoting Trump’s agenda, including tariffs, in a state with overwhelmingly strong Republican districts.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
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Prominent people in the 49ers front office were adamant that an Aiyuk mega-deal would be an albatross around the team’s neck.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Injuries and general indifference to playing baseball have made third baseman Anthony Rendon’s seven-year, $245-million contract an albatross.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Indian atta is stone-ground, meaning the wheat kernels are crushed between millstones into a fine powder.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appétit,
13 Mar. 2025
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Now comes a cataclysm in the country’s foremost blue state that is traceable, in part, to irrational progressive priorities and may prove a millstone around the neck of one of the foremost talents on the Democratic bench, California governor Gavin Newsom.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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Federal cases brought in Texas appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a far-right court that routinely interprets the law in creative ways to benefit right-wing causes and the Republican Party, something likely to put anyone trying to stop a deportation at a disadvantage.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
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This level of transparency ensures that you are never misled or unknowingly placed at a disadvantage.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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In 1936, famed Olympic runner Jesse Owens raced a horse in a 100-yard dash and won thanks in part to a 40-yard handicap).—
Emily Barone,
Time,
19 July 2017
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LNK classes have done everything from installing handicap doors at Redwood to creating a Healthy Newborn site for Transitions that serves mothers going through addiction recovery.—
Brent Cooper,
Cincinnati.com,
17 July 2017
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By contrast, agave straws maintain the sturdiness of plastic but without the environmental drawbacks.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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One of the biggest drawbacks the Seahawks have had in recent years is their ability to protect Smith.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Even before this week, the downside of the Trump White House’s brusque treatment of historic U.S. allies was obvious.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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There are some downsides to debt settlement, such as fees and damage to your credit.—
Kat Tretina,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Credit cards also offer stronger legal consumer protections against fraud than those available for debit and bank account transactions—an important point given the telecom industry’s unfortunate history of data breaches.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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However, residents are required to make the purchase via Ticketmaster using a debit or credit card linked to a billing address in Nevada.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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The absolute liability standard means that insurance costs for building construction are significantly higher in New York than elsewhere.—
John Faso,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Housewives: always serving drama and liability concerns.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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