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In that war, the Israelis launched preemptive invasions of Egypt and Syria—though, technically, under international law, the first act of war was the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran, completing a nooselike encirclement of Israel by cutting off its southernmost port.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

In that war, the Israelis launched preemptive invasions of Egypt and Syria—though, technically, under international law, the first act of war was the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran, completing a nooselike encirclement of Israel by cutting off its southernmost port.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

When the chain is slipped through one of the rings and the leash is attached to the other ring it creates a nooselike device.

Born to Bark Stanley Coren 2010

Tape shrieked, and then a nooselike pressure encased Charlie Conlan's neck, closing the bag with an airtight seal.

Step on a Crack Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

Slipping a nooselike length of rope around Matt's neck, he held it like a leash as another trooper yanked the prisoner's arms behind him to bind his wrists and elbows together.

Honorbound Taylor, Laura 1988

Until, nooselike, it began to tighten about her throat, however, she failed to understand what was about to happen.

The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

- rising gruesomely out of typewriter keys; the wraith was black - masked and his (or her?) six hands grasped, reading from left to right, a dagger, a rope (held nooselike in two hands), a bottle of poison, an automatic, and a hypodermic syringe.

In The Queens' Parlour Queen, Ellery 1864