Sentence examples for maintained a tight grip from inspiring English sources

Mr Maduro and his allies have overseen this collapse, yet maintained a tight grip on power.

On Wednesday, security forces maintained a tight grip on Dara'a, where residents are reported to be conducting a general strike.

They have maintained a tight grip on Syria's feared security services, generating deep resentment among the country's majority Sunni Muslims.

Despite tremendous challenges, it has maintained a tight grip over a large Palestinian population in the territories it occupied in the 1967 war.

Ethnic relations are a politically loaded topic in China, and authorities have maintained a tight grip on the narrative of the attack.

The Stones' former business manager maintained a tight grip on the band's catalogue and insisted the group couldn't release a live album containing Sixties material until 1977.

But Compaq and Hewlett-Packard maintain a tight grip on retail sales.

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Mr. Dimon, 56, who successfully steered the bank through the turbulence of the 2008 financial crisis relatively unscathed, still maintains a tight grip on the bank.

The Forest Rights Act is largely dormant – institutionally ignored and unimplemented – while the state maintains a tight grip over forests, to the detriment of the environment and inhabitants.

No organized antigovernment resistance exists in North Korea, where the government maintains a tight grip on society and relies on the police, backed by a system of informers, to imprison critics.