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  • "deathgrip", but tbh I never do hold it that way when I make calls, and I never have, and that's not because of the "hold it differently" thingy that SJ threw out there.

    Blogpulse Top Links 2010

  • Von lowered his shields in anticipation, pried his fingers loose from their deathgrip on the bench, and stood.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • The shoebox flew out of her hand ahead of her, but she held the handset with a deathgrip, bringing it to her ear moments before hitting the ground.

    Wrong Number Mary Alston Capps 2011

  • All the SCOTUS did was allow both corporations AND unions to take a firmer deathgrip on our politicians 'throats.

    Health care reform critic running for governor in Florida 2010

  • This data point will have zero effect on the climate change deniers' point of view, however, because they have special opaque umbrellas that prevent them from seeing ANY data points that do not confirm their deathgrip on their existing position: There are NO data that confirm climate change and can NEVER be any such data.

    Hard choices Tom Toles 2011

  • Von lowered his shields in anticipation, pried his fingers loose from their deathgrip on the bench, and stood.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Von lowered his shields in anticipation, pried his fingers loose from their deathgrip on the bench, and stood.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • I guess you get what you vote for ... it is time for REAL HOPE AND CHANGE ... vote independent and get rid of the republican/democrat deathgrip on our lives.

    Weiner: Senate bill getting worse 2009

  • Von lowered his shields in anticipation, pried his fingers loose from their deathgrip on the bench, and stood.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • OK, you made fun of the deathgrip that the “top ten” law schools have over SC nominees, but the bias is even more obvious when you look at that list of new law professors.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Preliminary List of Entry-Level Law Prof Hires 2010

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