clutches
/ˈklʌt͡ʃɪz/ noun C1- Grasp; possession; control. · Once the organization was in his clutches, her future there was bleak.
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Two in two days, and many more, perhaps, for they get in the way of going there in the dry weather and never know the difference until the mire has them in its clutches.
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