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
  • Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Touch controls aren't supported here.
    Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As demand for electricity surged to power more electric devices in homes and Big Tech's boom in data centers, renewable energy has been the go-to source for the cheapest, fastest way to generate more juice.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, global demand for data center capacity could more than triple by 2030, requiring upgrades in power, cooling, and connectivity.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 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
  • Traditionally, conservative parties held sway in Bangkok and Thailand’s south, while Thaksin’s heartland was the rural though populous rice-growing northeast.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Getting that crowd of Hollywood actors, supermodels, fashion designers and athletes in the same room for a group photo was a feat of complex calendar logistics requiring diplomacy and considerable industry sway.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With John Cena's reign coming to an end, the WWE has released Farewell Tour hats, belts, t-shirts, jerseys, and many more accessories to commemorate the superstar wrestler.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The king’s attitude toward the second president of his reign remains harder to judge.
    Alexander Larman, Time, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Death grip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20grip. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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