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In rural Modoc County, in California’s remote northeast corner, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton donned a beige cowboy hat and climbed atop a horse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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
Header from Tottenham corner nearly caught Man Utd out.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He’s focused on the street outside, waiting for Dad’s car to come around the corner.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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But he also struck out with runners on the corners in the sixth inning Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
On Sept. 29, the U.S. patent office published a Tesla patent for a series of ducted fans that improve stability during braking and increase speed around corners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
As global bonds sold off, rising yields put pressure on small caps, utilities and home builders, all corners of the market considered particularly sensitive to interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The prosecutor claimed there was evidence showing that he "cut corners" to "save cost".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
A hurricane lamp stood on the bare cement floor, and fishing nets were bundled in three corners of the room.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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A leadership that feels cornered may escalate rather than accommodate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The unharmed horse was eventually cornered by police, before being lassoed.
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
Luka Doncic, dressed in a black T-shirt and pants, scrolled on his phone, cornered off by a wall of reporters who all faced LeBron James looking for reasons behind a postseason dry spell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
But he never could have foreseen the way they’d been cornered in the harbor, and he certainly couldn’t have imagined what Nina had done to get them out of it.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Ferrari started the season with the best chassis in terms of cornering performance, but their engine has fallen short of those produced by Mercedes and Red Bull.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
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
These modes have limited authority over actual acceleration, suspension damping, cornering limits and steering feedback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Hagrid launched himself forward on top of the skrewt that was cornering Harry and Ron and flattened it; a blast of fire shot out of its end, withering the pumpkin plants nearby.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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