cornered
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In the decade before Ueda arrived in 2023, the BOJ cornered the government bond market to the point where no debt issues traded hands External link on certain days.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Dusty is played by Josh O’Connor, who lately has cornered the market on sensitive, passive outsiders.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Nintendo has cornered the market with the Switch - one of the best-selling consoles in history - and its Switch 2 has only improved what made the original great.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
It was a way, also, to stick it to the British government, which found itself cornered into taking in 80,000 Asian refugees at a time when racial tension was growing in Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
"Say," said Bill, "do you know that gang of Pilgrim Fathers have cornered the dining-car until half past three this afternoon?"
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.