as in control
the right or means to command or control others
the cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection
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Recent Examples of death grip
Smash the party’s death grip on the court and vote for Wendy Li.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
And Arab regimes have not, in fact, established a death grip on public mobilization.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
This rebalancing also means a headset with roughly the same weight as the Quest 2 can sit securely on your face without the need to tighten the head strap in a death grip around your skull, leading to noticeably less pressure on the area around your eyes and sinuses.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Such talk is music to the ears of Believe’s 52-year-old CEO Denis Ladegaillerie, who co-founded the business in 2005, when technology had the music industry in a death grip that sent global sales of recorded music from a peak of more than $24 billion in 1999 to a bottom of $14 billion in 2014.
—Ariel Shapiro, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
And Arab regimes have not, in fact, established a death grip on public mobilization.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
This rebalancing also means a headset with roughly the same weight as the Quest 2 can sit securely on your face without the need to tighten the head strap in a death grip around your skull, leading to noticeably less pressure on the area around your eyes and sinuses.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Such talk is music to the ears of Believe’s 52-year-old CEO Denis Ladegaillerie, who co-founded the business in 2005, when technology had the music industry in a death grip that sent global sales of recorded music from a peak of more than $24 billion in 1999 to a bottom of $14 billion in 2014.
—Ariel Shapiro, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for death grip
Noun
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Sponsors have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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There is also the underlying issue of whether a crypto investor uses a third party for custody at all, or maintains total custody and trading control over their holdings.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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Everybody else has no choice, really, other than to bring a cruel, narcissistic far-right leader to power.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Intake leverages the power of Ivalua’s gen AI and low code/no code configuration to automate and orchestrate processes across any system.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Apr. 2025
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Historically, imperialist leaders have used military conquest, economic coercion or diplomatic pressure to expand their dominions, and justified their foreign incursions as civilizing missions, economic opportunities or national security imperatives.—
Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kanye West goes on another antisemitic rant, defends Diddy, declares ‘dominion’ over wife.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Nigel Slater’s paean to the likes of St. John and the River Café, places that still hold sway today.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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At that point, rather than consulting someone who obsesses over how caffeine focuses us by blocking adenosine receptors in the basal forebrain, philosophers should hold sway.—
Jessica Riskin,
The New York Review of Books,
3 Apr. 2025
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Rhodes spent time as the WWE Champion, WWE Universal Champion, and WWE Crown Jewel Champion during his reign as one of the best competitors in the sport.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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His reign began with a unanimous decision win over Max Holloway and ended in a knockout loss to Topuria in February 2024.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Death grip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death%20grip. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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