cornered

The district, for example, cornered the local market on computers to send home with students, quickly buying them ahead of other school systems.

They also cornered a U.S. citizen, Brian Gavidia, who is now part of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of these stops.

Editors and publicists often try to push me into the love corner, but I snap and growl, as cornered creatures do.

Second, when trading space for time, an army will eventually run out of space and they will then be cornered and destroyed.

He’s cornered by guards, the players who fought alongside him are dead, and he’s thrown back in with the remaining players, many of whom survived because they’re the most craven of the group.