corner
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Experts say there is a wide spectrum of gas prices in any given city, or even on a single corner, for a variety of reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Hold on to July for just a little longer: August is around the corner, but what if it weren’t?
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Outbreaks of cyclospora are rocking every corner of the produce industry as many consumers avoid supermarkets’ fresh produce aisles and cut back on visits to some salad-heavy chains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
For Ikra Altumsek, and many other Turkish tourists, a visa-on-arrival scheme to visit several of Greece's Aegean islands has greatly simplified travel to this corner of the EU, previously off-limits without a hard-to-get Schengen visa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Was it important, Betsie, to rearrange all the dishes in the corner cupboard?”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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“Under intense pressure to go fast and beat the rest of your competition, it’s inevitable that companies will cut corners, and what we’re seeing is the result of cutting corners here,” Yoon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The vast fortunes being minted in other corners of Silicon Valley had mostly missed East Palo Alto, Calif., where the Primary School opened in 2016.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
All the drivers were battling with a Hungaroring track surface that was breaking up, especially in the final two corners, where Norris said it was especially difficult to judge the grip level.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Not all corners of the stock market declined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The dock was built in the old-fashioned style, thick stone making three corners of a square, lined with buildings, the fourth side open to the sea.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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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
On June 29, when another tremor cornered Gil even further, teams from El Salvador and Costa Rica entered through a parking lot connected to the area where they believed Gil was.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
We’re frankly confused how Auchincloss cornered himself into this one.
From Slate ● May 30, 2026
A short time later Deranque was one of three nationalist activists who, having failed to get away, were cornered by the opposing group.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Sarah had cornered me once and said, “What you let her talk to you like that for? She can’t get away with it with nobody else.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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I hate that feeling of overspilled momentum when cornering and braking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
With ambitions of cornering the electric vehicle market, India is also on the lookout for critical minerals such as lithium -- another resource Australia has in abundance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Its cornering of an “extraordinary 90 percent of global production” of chemicals and dyes sparked fears of dependency among the Allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The reduced downforce has lowered cornering speeds and ensured some of the quicker corners, where drivers did not have to slow down before, will be more challenging.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Anyway, all day I’ve been trying to think of a way of getting out of it, and now here she is, cornering me before I’ve nailed down an excuse.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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