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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke holds
Noun
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The latter is a Canadian teenager who made the journey across the border in an effort to rescue her best friend, Abbie (Sydney Topliffe), from the clutches of this institution that her parents forced her to attend.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Oct. 2025 -
After escaping the Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) clutches and putting his killing spree to a permanent end in The Black Phone, Finney investigates a winter camp with his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who’s had visions of the killer stalking three young boys from beyond the grave.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To implement explicit content settings, turn on or off parental controls in device settings.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Consequently, every knowledge worker must adopt a risk management mindset, constantly assessing the potential blast radius of their prompts and acting as a steward of their company’s data, controls, and compliance obligations.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The arms are slightly long but easy to roll up, according to one five-foot shopper.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The in-between is this lapsing memory, these waves that are coming in and out of what an eight-year-old holds and the collection of his life.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
27 Sep. 2025
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Anime tends to be front-loaded at the box office, as eager fans flock to the earliest screenings possible, so how the rest of the weekend shakes out depends on Saturday holds.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two candidates vying for a vacant Fort Worth area senate seat are open to state takeovers in the Fort Worth and Lake Worth school districts.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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Milwaukee police previously told the Common Council the police task force responsible for the takeovers was paused Labor Day weekend to deal with violent crime on Water Street.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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New data showed manufacturing contracted this month, but less than expected, a hopeful indication that authorities may be coming to grips with industrial overcapacity.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Now, the father-daughter pair work together on the show as grips, the department responsible for camera support, rigging and more.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Choke holds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20holds. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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