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  2. Locking pliers - Wikipedia

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    A historic version of the Vise-Grip brand locking pliers. Locking pliers (also called Vise-Grips, Mole wrench or Mole grips) are pliers that can be locked into position, using an "over-center" cam action. Locking pliers are available with many different jaw styles, such as needle-nose pliers, wrenches, clamps and various shapes to fix metal ...

  3. Vise - Wikipedia

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    A bench vise, B machine vise, C hand vise. A vise or vice (British English) is a mechanical apparatus used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it.Vises have two parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable, threaded in and out by a screw and lever.

  4. Professional wrestling holds - Wikipedia

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    CM Punk doing an anaconda vise on Mike Knox. The anaconda vise is a compression choke. The wrestler wraps their arms around the head and one arm of the opponent and squeezes, choking the opponent. It is considered legal in professional wrestling, although it is a chokehold. This submission hold was invented by Hiroyoshi Tenzan.

  5. UK slams Apple and Google's 'vice-like grip' on smartphones - AOL

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    Apple and Google can control how online content is provided to users and 'tilt' the playing field towards their own services, the UK's watchdog said.

  6. Glossary of motorsport terms - Wikipedia

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    Drivers race on the apron at Chicagoland Speedway (the area between the white and yellow lines). aero cover See wheel shroud. air jacks Pneumatic cylinders strategically mounted to the frame near the wheels of a racing car, which project downwards to lift the car off the ground during a pit stop to allow for quick tire changes or provide mechanics access to the underside of the car for repairs.

  7. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    In a scene from the 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, George Harrison has to explain the meaning and origin of the word; the impression is given that it was then considered modern slang, known only to trendy youngsters (this is no longer the case). George Harrison would have been familiar with the word as well-established Liverpool slang. [91]

  8. 'I need a grippy sock vacation': Breaking down the Gen ... - AOL

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    Use of phrases like, "I need a grippy sock vacation" and "I'm one breakdown away from a grippy sock vacation" — inspired by the high-traction socks that are doled out in hospitals of all kinds ...

  9. Grip (occupation) - Wikipedia

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    Key grip or first company grip: the boss or head of the grip department. Best boy grip or second company grip: this is the key grip's right-hand person. He or she will act on behalf of the key grip in areas such as booking crew and equipment rental. 3rd grip, company grip, hammer, or gang grip: the majority of grips fit into this category. They ...