stranglehold
noun
stran·gle·hold
ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld 
1
: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked
2
: a force or influence that chokes or suppresses freedom of movement or expression
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Yes, there will be a transition away from CPUs to GPUs, and the NVIDIA stranglehold will take another 12 to 15 months to break, but systems from cloud to laptops will be vastly stimulated by this change.
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Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Following a parade of corruption scandals, pervasive electoral fraud and voter suppression, violence, and economic crises, however, PRI’s stranglehold over Mexican governance had ebbed, and a pro-democracy political faction, led by the National Action Party (PAN), gained strength.
—Rebecca Grant
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
China dominates the global rare earth supply chain, accounting for 60 percent of production and 90 percent of processing—a stranglehold the U.S. considers a national security risk.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Yet money may not be a match for Trump’s stranglehold on the party base.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 July 2025
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Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Following a parade of corruption scandals, pervasive electoral fraud and voter suppression, violence, and economic crises, however, PRI’s stranglehold over Mexican governance had ebbed, and a pro-democracy political faction, led by the National Action Party (PAN), gained strength.
—Rebecca Grant
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
China dominates the global rare earth supply chain, accounting for 60 percent of production and 90 percent of processing—a stranglehold the U.S. considers a national security risk.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Yet money may not be a match for Trump’s stranglehold on the party base.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 July 2025
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stranglehold. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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stranglehold
noun
stran·gle·hold
ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld
1
: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked
2
: a force or influence that chokes or blocks freedom of development or expression
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