Sentence examples similar to 1 stranglehold from inspiring English sources

Both Democratic candidates' lack of a strong vision as to how we break the 1% stranglehold on American politics.

Only recently has her record 108-month stranglehold on the world No1 position been seriously threatened.

Even more strikingly, the Basque nationalists lost a 29-year stranglehold on their regional government.

In 2000 it became a real democracy, shaking off the 70- year stranglehold of one-party rule.

John Riccitiello, the chief executive at Electronic Arts, had only one hope of cracking Modern Warfare 2's stranglehold on today's shooter fan: the Stockholm game studio E.A. acquired in 2006 that is known as DICE.

Upon landing on the first stop of a three-country philanthropic tour, the two men were whisked off to share a sumptuous midnight banquet with Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev, whose 19-year stranglehold on the country has all but quashed political dissent.

Their success ended Barca and Real's 10-year stranglehold on the title.

New Zealand's 59-year stranglehold over Wales stretched to a 25th successive victory as the world champions crushed the Grand Slam holders in Cardiff.

On Monday, the Kings beat the Devils, 4-0, at Staples Center and took a stranglehold 3-0 lead in the series.

Updated at 5.02am GMT 4.59am GMT 12th over: India 49-3 (Gambhir 24, Raina 19) Raina breaks the stranglehold when Woakes errs towards the leg-side and he tucks it off his hip to the fine leg boundary for four.

Alcott and Davidson fought back from double breaks in each of the three sets to end a 12-year American stranglehold on the title.