corner
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A niche corner of the derivatives world is colliding with the universe of excahnge-traded funds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
And Anthony's simple header from a corner took this season's total to five.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Area manager at Auction House Notts & Derby, Jonathan Way, said he believed it was a "creepy doll" left standing in the corner of a bedroom that had captured people's imaginations.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The pilot reported mechanical difficulties moments before the crash in the southeast corner of the airport, The Times reported at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
And the postman and the trolley motorman and half a dozen policemen from the Haarlem Police Headquarters just around the corner.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The negative drumbeat continued as the week stretched on, and panic from some corners of Silicon Valley spilled into the mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
When people will show up to see a movie regardless of its content or quality, filmmakers can cut all the corners they want.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The straights are short, and some of the corner entries, which combine braking and turning, mean, as Verstappen put it, "there are no corners where you can pass".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The new circuit, known as the 'Madring', is a demanding 5.4-kilometre track with 22 corners, including its headline feature, a 24-percent-banked turn nicknamed "La Monumental".
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
She had shiny black hair and kind black eyes that crinkled at the corners when she smiled, and she smiled a lot.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
Prime Video has cornered the market on young-adult fiction, catering to a massive audience of women and girls who want to escape into love stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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
Created in 2017, Binance has cornered much of the crypto-trading market, turning its co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao into a billionaire.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
She came toward me, and I backed away until I was cornered by the wall.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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The all-terrain tires undo some of this good work; the taller sidewalls mean more deflection in sharp cornering, a less crisp steering response, and a bit more tire noise at highway speeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
In other words, it is the track where cornering performance - particularly at low and medium-speed - is most important, and engine power least.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Jules tapped me on the shoulder, and she and Aileen followed me outside, cornering me on the back steps of Childon Hall.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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