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Examples
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Meanwhile, the President's family has a death-grip on the Government and limits freedom of expression.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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I followed alongside him, a death-grip on his hand.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Although I was comfortable enough to rubberneck constantly, I had a death-grip on the harness straps and only let go to take a few very fast snapshots.
Perspective Ulysses 2009
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Meanwhile, the President's family has a death-grip on the Government and limits freedom of expression.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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Next week provides the first test to the Avatar death-grip on the top of the box office: the release of the apocalyptic Book of Eli.
Weekend Box Office – AVATAR Rings Up Another $48.5 Million – Collider.com 2010
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Although I was comfortable enough to rubberneck constantly, I had a death-grip on the harness straps and only let go to take a few very fast snapshots.
Archive 2009-08-01 Ulysses 2009
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Until we demand the government stops them, of course, or we find an alternative to their own cancerous death-grip on our medical system.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Until we demand the government stops them, of course, or we find an alternative to their own cancerous death-grip on our medical system.
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As Nick and Honey, the young academic couple drawn into George and Martha's manipulative death-grip, Madison Dirks and Carrie Coon both firmly hold their own.
Peter Marks reviews 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at Arena Stage 2011
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Instead, he held back the controls in a kind of panicked death-grip all the way down to the ocean.
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