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We found the 18-year-old hanging out with his friends on a street corner.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Imagine preparing to cross a street when you suddenly notice a car approaching from the corner of your eye.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
It exists at the corner of my eye in advertisements and feeds, but I’m never tempted to look its way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Throughout August and September, surging Treasury yields weighed on virtually every corner of the market except technology.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
From the corner of my eye, I saw that Russell watched me for another minute before he slipped out the door.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Thursday’s stock-market wipeout left few corners of the tech sector unscathed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
He cranks up a voting-themed choral cover of “Golden,” from KPop Demon Hunters, that has attained meme status in lefty corners.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
MyLA311 defines these as public trash cans located in the public right-of-way, typically near street corners with red curbs or at bus stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
I grew up in one of the most left-liberal corners of America, surrounded by educated adults who supported the civil rights movement, opposed the Vietnam War, hated Richard Nixon and loved Israel.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
She froze at the sight of him, her big brown eyes crinkled at the corners.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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A leadership that feels cornered may escalate rather than accommodate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The unharmed horse was eventually cornered by police, before being lassoed.
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
“So we went there. A Vampire cornered us in the Underground, but the Devil’s daughter showed up and...”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Ferrari started the season with the best chassis in terms of cornering performance, but their engine has fallen short of those produced by Mercedes and Red Bull.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In something of an irony, Lotus’s historic approach to cornering and traction management—crossed up, tail out, mustaches ablaze—looks a lot like what the kids call drifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 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
Ferrari's strong starts and superior cornering speed puts them in the mix in the early laps, and the new hybrid engine with their "boost" and "overtake" modes leads to switching of positions for a while.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
The match must have finished hours ago...as had any hope of cornering Malfoy.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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