death grip

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Recent Examples of death grip Alma clutched her arm and didn’t let go—a death grip. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 The snow and the low temperatures put Florida’s citrus and vegetable industry in a death grip. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025 The baby boomer death grip continues. ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024 Its strategy relied on maintaining a death grip on existing customers. Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for death grip
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Noun
  • In August 2018, having been co-owners since 2007, Stan Kroenke bought Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s 30 per cent shareholding for over £600m, ending a long power struggle for ultimate control of the club and taking his total stake to 97 per cent.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He's been incredible with the Mets, and his power is almost impossible to replace.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The rallies aimed to demonstrate the power of the working class in cities including Boston, Chicago, Detroit and New York.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ralf Rangnick's men are jostling with Bosnia & Herzegovina for early dominion in Group H and travel to face the Dragons on Tuesday in a crucial clash.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The most likely result is perpetuation of the status quo, under which Israel controls the entirety of the territory between the River and the Sea and imposes differing degrees of authority over Palestinians under its dominion.
    Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Even if the measure advances out of the House, the Senate remains a massive roadblock, one where Majority Leader John Thune holds great sway.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The ruling landed as a symbolic rebuke of Musk’s sway over Tesla, and a warning about the excesses of Silicon Valley’s cult-of-founder ethos.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Nashville this September, the pop concert reigns.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Balmoral has been the royal family's summer escape since the reign of Queen Victoria, whose husband, Prince Albert, purchased the property in 1852.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Death grip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20grip. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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