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"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

That lasted until he moved to secure the same monopoly for himself, in part by stranding passengers on a competing line during a frigid night in Albany.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

In addition to the antitrust case against Amazon's alleged online retail monopoly, federal US regulators have launched four additional competition lawsuits against tech giants since 2020.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

For decades, U.S. and other Western companies enjoyed something close to a monopoly on cutting-edge science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The United States and Britain could not hope to keep a monopoly on nuclear technology for more than a few years, they warned.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

To prevent some economic actors from having undue power over markets, we need to revitalize the tools we created in the late 1800s to fight monopolies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Steyer said he would reduce costs by taking on special interests and bringing about structural change and breaking up monopolies.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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