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Recent Examples of choke hold
Miss Manners rates that as a greater success than putting your host in a choke hold and forcing her to move the car, given that the dog disturbed no one and the parking tag was about to expire.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
During the argument, Thompson was seen putting Gonzalez in a choke hold, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Associated Press.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Conditions have in fact never been worse for citizens of Venezuela, as the autocratic regime increases its choke hold on Venezuelan society, driving opposition members, human rights activists, journalists and just about anyone with a different opinion underground or out of the country.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
If Neely hadn’t died from Penny’s choke hold but from another cause, any other cause, then a reasonable jury would have no choice but to acquit the defendant.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
During the argument, Thompson was seen putting Gonzalez in a choke hold, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Associated Press.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Conditions have in fact never been worse for citizens of Venezuela, as the autocratic regime increases its choke hold on Venezuelan society, driving opposition members, human rights activists, journalists and just about anyone with a different opinion underground or out of the country.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
If Neely hadn’t died from Penny’s choke hold but from another cause, any other cause, then a reasonable jury would have no choice but to acquit the defendant.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for choke hold
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Sometimes international relations fell under the sway of a powerful hegemon—or of outright imperialism, where a single state, such as Rome, or an outside invader, such as the Ottoman empire, dominated its neighbors and provided them with security.—
Margaret MacMillan,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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At one point in the play, young, brainwashed Henry, under the villainous Brenner’s sway, can only surrender to the dark magic.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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Then, Andrew Nembhard came up with a clutch steal on the inbounds play, setting up Tyrese Haliburton, who was fouled while attacking the basket.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Then in the Knicks’ 108-105 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 1, Bridges made a clutch 3-pointer and recorded two key steals in overtime — including one against Jaylen Brown that ended the game.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2025
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The Hanged Man asks you to fully surrender control and embrace this chapter of stillness.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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That proposal would see Moscow de facto control parts of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions that Russia occupies but does not fully control.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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On the most poignant end of that spectrum is Hazan’s near-lifelong management of a disability: a right arm that, having never fully healed after being broken in childhood, remained fixed at a right angle to her body.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Mathys Tel sprinted across the artificial pitch and bounded over the hoardings and into the arms of the Spurs fans, freezing cold, soaked through, but ecstatic to be heading to Bilbao for the final in two weeks’ time.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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While the modern executive suite demands strategic vision, commercial fluency, and interpersonal mastery, many of today’s most effective tech leaders continue to draw deeply from their engineering roots.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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March 2025 King of Cups: This month invites you into the realms of emotional mastery and deep inner work.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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The Justice Department asked the high court to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month.—
Time,
Time,
2 May 2025
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The short answer here is that City either need to keep hold of the vast majority of their current homegrown players, or replace all but one of them.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Following the gang takeover, Haitians and Americans were left trapped.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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At the time, the takeover was the biggest multi-game movie campaign on the platform, with 31 million visits over 18 days.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2025
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Her son sported a pair of jeans and a blue shirt, with a pair of white grip socks on his feet.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Russia's grip on these five regions is not internationally recognized.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Choke hold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choke%20hold. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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