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Discover LudwigThe phrase "stranglehold of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something has a tight grip or control over a particular situation or entity.
Example: "The stranglehold of the monopolistic company on the market stifled competition and innovation."
Alternatives: "grip of" or "control over".
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Chengdu is in a stranglehold of fear.
Some need a break from the stranglehold of sadness.
The rebel navy needed blockade runners to thwart the Union's stranglehold of its commercial shipping.
"It's that notion that he breaks the stranglehold of the establishment on presidential politics.
The promise is to break the stranglehold of "powerful interest groups".
Is that because students are finally free from the stranglehold of dramatic convention?
But the real problem is the stranglehold of the Python Generation.
In America he broke the stranglehold of the three major broadcast TV networks.
No one in my family ever managed to escape from the stranglehold of this genius.
Even good writers fall prey to the stranglehold of scientific jargon.
Perhaps most importantly, it was the first book to break the stranglehold of Enid Blyton.
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