monopoly

"He's trying to get into Number 10 as if it's a stop on a monopoly board," the Liberal Democrat added.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

He sued, alleging a cartel and sales monopoly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Wiener said both bills are important for helping individuals and communities “to not be trapped in the monopoly utility model that is so expensive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

And early next year, a trial is scheduled to begin in a case that accuses Amazon of illegally maintaining a monopoly in online retail.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business, after all.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

He later took aim at bloated government monopolies posing as state companies, furloughing tens of millions and courting foreign investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The practice “may distort competition, stifle innovation, and potentially lead to monopolies or market concentration in strategic sectors,” as the Center for Strategic and International Studies put it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Landlords would only accept tenants who applied using a broker, which meant many brokers had monopolies on full blocks of apartments, and sometimes whole neighborhoods.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

As a result, Japanese food-processing companies enjoy local monopolies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond