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She excelled at online learning, which she could do quietly from a corner in Leffler’s office, and was well-liked at the grocery store and donut shop where she worked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet because the Fed had aggressively promised a rate reduction, it seemed to feel obligated to cut; its own forward guidance seemed to box it into a corner, forcing bad policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"I've dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve, so I'm gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ken Dychtwald, the 76-year-old co-founder and CEO of the AgeWave consulting and research firm, said one challenge as you turn the corner into your 70s is asking yourself: “Is this an ascent or a descent?”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
From the kitchen, his mom popped her head around the corner.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Norris' problem is that, in the race, an advantage in the high-speed corners cannot be exploited as much as on fresh tyres on one lap in qualifying.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
More than a decade after scam rap emerged from the buzzier, grimier corners of Detroit hip-hop, a scammer anthem from a South Floridian is arguably the song of the summer.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The startup founders came from all corners of China—Tang was from a remote part of Sichuan in the west, while Yang and Liang hailed from the entrepreneurial south.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The ruling "does not fall within the four corners of the law", Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said in a video statement shared on X by state broadcaster Radio Pakistan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mrs. Apple was likewise wrapped in a toga, although the Swanburne emblem embroidered in the corners of the fabric suggested use as a tablecloth in the recent past.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Prime Video has cornered the market on young-adult fiction, catering to a massive audience of women and girls who want to escape into love stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
The more exposed he is to the laughter, and the more cornered he feels, the more ridiculously he will have to respond—because he can’t admit to an error.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
Created in 2017, Binance has cornered much of the crypto-trading market, turning its co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao into a billionaire.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Moving back in with her father was no treat, but it was better than being cornered by Fabyan.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
Even qualifying is no longer the pedal-to-the-metal spectacle of raw speed, cornering skill and courage that separates the great from the merely quick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
Tesla is one of several companies pushing the frontiers of robotics in the hopes of cornering a nascent market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
The match must have finished hours ago...as had any hope of cornering Malfoy.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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