stranglehold
noun
stran·gle·hold
ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld 
1
: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked
2
: a force or influence that chokes or suppresses freedom of movement or expression
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That said, the last couple of years have been a testament to the NFL’s hegemonic stranglehold on our collective imagination, as the 2023 Commanders-Cowboys game averaged 41.76 million viewers on CBS, coming up just shy of Fox’s record performance the previous season (42.06 million).
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
If the scene of Kathryn Hahn choking Aubrey Plaza didn’t already put you in a sapphic stranglehold, rest assured some very gay things seem bound to happen on the Disney+ WandaVision spinoff.
—James Factora, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
And without international consensus on how to deal with Lebanon given Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the state, Israel risks locking the IDF into another scenario in which military tools are expected to resolve fundamentally political questions.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
But until there’s more tangible evidence of forward progress, the Angels are still the Angels — giving the Astros yet another reason not to worry about their stranglehold on this division.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
If the scene of Kathryn Hahn choking Aubrey Plaza didn’t already put you in a sapphic stranglehold, rest assured some very gay things seem bound to happen on the Disney+ WandaVision spinoff.
—James Factora, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
And without international consensus on how to deal with Lebanon given Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the state, Israel risks locking the IDF into another scenario in which military tools are expected to resolve fundamentally political questions.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
But until there’s more tangible evidence of forward progress, the Angels are still the Angels — giving the Astros yet another reason not to worry about their stranglehold on this division.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stranglehold. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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stranglehold
noun
stran·gle·hold
ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld
1
: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked
2
: a force or influence that chokes or blocks freedom of development or expression
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