corral
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That proved costly less than a minute later when Markanich, racing up the center, got behind Galaxy defender Mauricio Cuevas to corral a long ball from Joaquín Pereyra, then beat keeper JT Marcinkowski cleanly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Speaking on Good Morning Ulster, she described how "in many cases" social media companies are "like the wild west and trying to corral it and control it can be incredibly difficult".
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
It was designed to corral a small group of suspects within a delimited space, thereby reducing the number of variables the writer needed to juggle and the reader to remember.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
That Powell managed to corral such differing minds amid intense economic uncertainty is a credit not only to his leadership, but also to his institution’s internal and external communication mechanisms.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025
A circle, or you might have called it a corral, like Manzanar itself, with no exit save via three narrow gates.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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