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[kawr-ner] / ˈkɔr nər /






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Light traps, made from sheets, lamps and containers of soapy water, were used to corner the bugs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

The jockey had to hold him up just a bit as they came around the corner, though he had a clear run once he shifted toward the rail.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Before the tariffs went into effect, there had been signs that the Canadian economy was starting to turn a corner.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Hrgovic continued to press and when Itauma slumped into his corner, exhausted and barely able to defend himself, referee Howard Foster waved off the contest as the towel came in.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

She huddled in the corner of our train compartment, the hand that gripped Father’s whitening at the knuckles each time the train lurched or swayed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

And even though levels of leverage in certain corners of the market have ebbed from their peak levels seen shortly before July’s artificial-intelligence swoon, risks remain.

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

Dodgers left-hander Jack Dreyer took the mound for the bottom half and, with runners on the corners, gave up a walk-off single to McGonigle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

The recurring question for the US chipmaker is whether the AI boom will continue to accelerate as the technology takes over more corners of the broader economy.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

More than a decade after scam rap emerged from the buzzier, grimier corners of Detroit hip-hop, a scammer anthem from a South Floridian is arguably the song of the summer.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

The humid air rushes past my face as I fly up, blowing the tears away from the corners of my eyes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

We’re frankly confused how Auchincloss cornered himself into this one.

From Slate May 30, 2026

D-Wave Quantum: The company has cornered the market for “annealing quantum,” an approach tailored to optimization tasks like logistics and data sampling.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Dimarion took it, grinning like a predator who knows its prey has been cornered.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The Multistrada lights up the night with dynamic cornering headlamps, integrated into the upper fairing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 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

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

“I see what you’re doing,” she’d accused Sarai one night, cornering her in the garden.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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