Stranglehold in a sentence

By mid-September, the Cubs have an opportunity to have a stranglehold on a playoff spot.

Earlier, Chopra was glad that an Indian and Pakistani had taken the top spots in a sport where Europeans had a stranglehold.

I don’t mean to sound over-confident, especially with the way the year started for the Bengals, but it does feel like they could have had a stronger stranglehold on these contests than how they ended.

If the Broncos hope to unseat Andy Reid's stranglehold on the division, Payton has to figure out a way to own the line of scrimmage.

It’s a positive thing after we come out of the stranglehold of the pandemic,” said McArthur.

Something definitely needs to be done about the stranglehold the Rethuglicans have on Massachusetts.

Term limits aren’t the only way to break the stranglehold that legislative powerbrokers have on public resources.

The Warwick Farm-based trainer has had a stranglehold on almost every race meeting of late, with the New Zealander sending a winner out west on almost every occasion.

With this new production, could I find the answers about Cleopatra’s heritage and release her from the stranglehold that Hollywood had placed on her image?

And recently, the singer took aim at Pearl Jam after the band used his song “Stranglehold” as an anthem for gun violence.

And since I missed submitting the homework: "Realm Of Minor Angels" has me in a stranglehold because of the sound of it, and "No Other You" reminds me of music I used to listen to as a teen so I'm inherently biased towards it.

CBS News reported that Perkins Coie law firm, located in Denver, was hired to investigate claims about Tren de Aragua and verified that the gang had a “stranglehold” over the apartment building.

Even if skipper Aiden Markram denied it affecting his side, the Dutch surely walk into the contest holding a certain stranglehold on the Proteas subconscious.

Harris has promised to break the stranglehold large corporations have over US food supply.

In fact, the Israeli stranglehold on Palestinians in Gaza has been gradually tightened over the course of decades, as a means of control, pressure, and collective punishment.

Jeanty would likely have a stranglehold on the Heisman during most other seasons.

Or because he has such a stranglehold on the Republican Party.

Party chairman Zia Yusuf said: “History has been made today, as the centuries-long stranglehold on the centre-right of British politics by the has finally been broken.

That also made the movies that managed their way through — the ones that told urgent stories or dazzled with originality at a time of sequel stranglehold — all the more worth celebrating.

The party said it will break the stranglehold unions exert over schools by implementing reforms to ensure the most qualified teachers are appointed to key positions.