choke hold
noun
1
: a hold that involves strong choking pressure applied to the neck of another
2
: absolute dominance or control
had a choke hold on the city's finances
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The director indulges in major and minor stunts, staging plenty of scenes with cars rolling over to escape exploding bombs and characters escaping choke holds from people determined to kill them.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
States began working to ban choke holds and no-knock warrants, and cities rethought their entire approach to policing.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
One post showed a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Uncle Sam in a choke hold with a caption that said there will never be a free Palestine until the United States is free of Israel.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
The emotional Warriors forward also had previously served a five-game suspension in November for putting a choke hold on Minnesota big man Rudy Gobert.
—Janie McCauley, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
Its participants are a very tiny, skewed slice of humanity that has American journalism in a choke hold.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Ex-Marine Daniel Penny held Neely in a choke hold for 15 minutes on May 1, until Neely suffocated to death.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
Last week, Democrats in the House of Representatives announced the Justice in Policing Act, which would ban choke holds, mandate body cameras, and establish a national registry of police misconduct.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
The lasting social-media imprint of 2023 may not be the self-immolation of Twitter but rather that short-form videos—on TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms—have tightened their choke hold on the internet.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2023
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
States began working to ban choke holds and no-knock warrants, and cities rethought their entire approach to policing.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
One post showed a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Uncle Sam in a choke hold with a caption that said there will never be a free Palestine until the United States is free of Israel.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
The emotional Warriors forward also had previously served a five-game suspension in November for putting a choke hold on Minnesota big man Rudy Gobert.
—Janie McCauley, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
Its participants are a very tiny, skewed slice of humanity that has American journalism in a choke hold.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Ex-Marine Daniel Penny held Neely in a choke hold for 15 minutes on May 1, until Neely suffocated to death.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
Last week, Democrats in the House of Representatives announced the Justice in Policing Act, which would ban choke holds, mandate body cameras, and establish a national registry of police misconduct.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
The lasting social-media imprint of 2023 may not be the self-immolation of Twitter but rather that short-form videos—on TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms—have tightened their choke hold on the internet.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2023
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“Choke hold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20hold. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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