corner
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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
After another McKenzie break led to nothing, some more beautiful handling resulted in Leroy Carter scampering into the left corner, a fabulous finish.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
A simple way to make a rented house stop feeling temporary is to create a corner that reflects who you are.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet because the Fed had aggressively promised a rate reduction, it seemed to feel obligated to cut; its own forward guidance seemed to box it into a corner, forcing bad policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A woman turns the corner and almost crashes into her.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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 startup founders came from all corners of China—Tang was from a remote part of Sichuan in the west, while Yang and Liang hailed from the entrepreneurial south.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A frown etches at the corners of his mouth.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
The zebra — named Sero — was eventually cornered in a narrow alley, safely tranquilised and returned to his enclosure without any injuries.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
He’d been cornered by her earlier that day, and in order to escape her chattering on and on about not leaving her treasure behind, he’d agreed to help.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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The Multistrada lights up the night with dynamic cornering headlamps, integrated into the upper fairing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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
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
Howard made sport of cornering journalists who had criticized Seabiscuit.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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