noose
Example Sentences
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If rates keep climbing, the fiscal noose might tighten.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Despite waves of Carthaginian resistance and the increasing hostility of Roman elites, who resented his precocious record and thirst for glory, Scipio tightened the noose around Carthage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
But those who claimed sanctuary and took an oath were safe from the noose, for the time being.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Or consider the innumerable examples that aren’t just proposals but routine policy: the tidal wave of denied or delayed claims, the noose of restrictive networks, costly deductibles, prescription refusals and on and on.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he’s not careful.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.