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corner

[kawr-ner] / ˈkɔr nər /






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In rural Modoc County, in California’s remote northeast corner, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton donned a beige cowboy hat and climbed atop a horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

During his suspension in August 2023, Paxton visited St. George, Utah, a small city in the state’s southwest corner.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Microplastics have spread into nearly every corner of the environment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The initiative, in its own small way, shows how much this corner of the world has changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The man had his arm around the woman’s waist as he led her to a table in the corner.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Now with these entities in rival corners, that is coming under strain.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

But he also struck out with runners on the corners in the sixth inning Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

In the spring, it was far-flung corners of rural America, where one promising new data center turned out to be AI servers humming inside what appeared to be a converted chicken coop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

As global bonds sold off, rising yields put pressure on small caps, utilities and home builders — all corners of the market considered particularly sensitive to interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The corners of Nyame’s mouth twitch once more as he regards me.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A leadership that feels cornered may escalate rather than accommodate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Police officers followed and cornered the horse on motorbikes, before it was wrangled by a lasso-carrying cowboy.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

D-Wave has cornered the market for annealing quantum systems, which are tailored to optimization problems.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

“She was in the forest. A Russian cornered her. She followed me here. She has a couple potatoes. Now, leave me alone,” I said.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

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

No surprise, the CX-50 has some handles, with taut body control and keen line-tracing in transient cornering and braking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Av’s zoologist brother Murdoch had already come, and he enjoyed cornering people to talk about how cells divide.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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