cornered
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Hieu cornered some Italians and a German named Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Police officers followed and cornered the horse on motorbikes, before it was wrangled by a lasso-carrying cowboy.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Harrison thought he had the animal cornered between two cars at one point, but no such luck — it slipped away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Christ was cornered — pay taxes to Rome, or be branded a traitor — and so he turned the trap into a statement about the limits of power.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Later, my mother cornered me in my room.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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