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
Examples of stranglehold in a Sentence
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Those purchases are still very much hindered by Apple’s stranglehold on how apps sell digital goods and services.
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Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2024
The officers later tackled McClain to the ground, struggling to place him in handcuffs and putting him in a stranglehold.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
Owing to both singular technical excellence and manufacturing capacity, chip-maker Nvidia has a near stranglehold on the GPU market, and their products are priced accordingly.
—Maria Paula Fernandez, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
During Bill Clinton’s Presidency, the Justice Department brought the Microsoft case, in 1998, accusing the software giant of exploiting its grip on the operating-system market to create a stranglehold for Web browsers, by forcing computer-makers to bundle Internet Explorer on its devices.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
As long as wealthy corporations and billionaires have a stranglehold on our economic and political systems, foreign policy decisions will be guided by their material interests, not those of the vast majority of the world’s population.
—Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
And happened to be on franchises that got their bells rung in the Super Bowl during the NFC’s championship stranglehold on the sport 35-40 years ago.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2024
As the Great Depression continued its stranglehold on the U.S. in the 1930s, nine University of Washington students — who’d never held an oar — joined the school’s junior varsity crew team.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
An earth-shattering, multibillion-dollar antitrust ruling against the National Association of Realtors late last year led to a settlement on Friday that will loosen the powerful trade group’s stranglehold on America’s housing market.
—David Goldman, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 3 Apr. 2024
The officers later tackled McClain to the ground, struggling to place him in handcuffs and putting him in a stranglehold.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
Owing to both singular technical excellence and manufacturing capacity, chip-maker Nvidia has a near stranglehold on the GPU market, and their products are priced accordingly.
—Maria Paula Fernandez, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
During Bill Clinton’s Presidency, the Justice Department brought the Microsoft case, in 1998, accusing the software giant of exploiting its grip on the operating-system market to create a stranglehold for Web browsers, by forcing computer-makers to bundle Internet Explorer on its devices.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
As long as wealthy corporations and billionaires have a stranglehold on our economic and political systems, foreign policy decisions will be guided by their material interests, not those of the vast majority of the world’s population.
—Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
And happened to be on franchises that got their bells rung in the Super Bowl during the NFC’s championship stranglehold on the sport 35-40 years ago.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2024
As the Great Depression continued its stranglehold on the U.S. in the 1930s, nine University of Washington students — who’d never held an oar — joined the school’s junior varsity crew team.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
An earth-shattering, multibillion-dollar antitrust ruling against the National Association of Realtors late last year led to a settlement on Friday that will loosen the powerful trade group’s stranglehold on America’s housing market.
—David Goldman, CNN, 18 Mar. 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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