corner
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Let’s toss the belief that it takes an outsider to change a company into the corner office trash can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
He discusses the coach who was never in his corner, and the generation that seemingly doesn’t know he even played football.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 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
Hominy Ridge was nothing but an out-of-date, unimproved, one-room country schoolhouse in the backwoodsiest corner of Indiana.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
When AI begins to wobble, investors have tended to shift money into other corners of the market, helping mitigate losses in the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Traders piled into riskier corners of the markets, juicing gains in shares of chip makers, smaller companies and a range of economically sensitive businesses such as Norwegian Cruise Line and Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A little bit of you knew what I meant so please don’t try my patience in the corners of her lips.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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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
Some of the recent videos show the runners bumping into security guards and shoving past church staff, then leaving after being cornered and told to get off the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
I cornered him on the porch and said, “Harry.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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In 2018, he said an optional SpaceX package for the car would include 10 small rocket thrusters that will improve acceleration, braking and cornering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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
The reduced downforce has lowered cornering speeds and ensured some of the quicker corners, where drivers did not have to slow down before, will be more challenging.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 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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