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as in dilemma
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
the writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show
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as in intersection
a place where roads meet
we'll meet at the corner tomorrow
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as in milestone
a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs
the president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on drugs
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as in to front
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Recent Examples of corner
Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
Also on the streaming front — but in a very different corner of it — Peacock’s Love Island USA has started its eighth season with big increases over its already hugely successful 2025 season.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
The ultra-slim wand reaches from corner to corner to coat every lash.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 28 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The tiny irrigation district, in Moffat County in the far northwest corner of the state, soon became the poster child for how gambling money is benefiting Colorado’s waterways.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026
Also on the streaming front — but in a very different corner of it — Peacock’s Love Island USA has started its eighth season with big increases over its already hugely successful 2025 season.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
Verb
Kacey Musgraves has returned to corner the market on too-clever, comedic country-pop songs about arousal.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
The ultra-slim wand reaches from corner to corner to coat every lash.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corner
Noun
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Belgium’s Jeremy Doku is due to become a father for the first time while the World Cup is still on and wants to be at the birth, creating a potential dilemma for the team.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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For Meloni, the dilemma is strategic.—
Giada Zampano,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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There are close to 1,000 residential units in historic buildings at the intersection of Broadway and 5th Street, Bastian said, but all the ground floor stores are closed.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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PennDOT is installing about $20,000 in safety improvements at a Delaware County intersection where a college math professor was killed while riding his bicycle six months ago.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Curaçao’s Dick Advocaat, 78, will break the record for oldest coach — a milestone that’s been broken twice already in the past four days alone (South Africa’s coach Hugo Broos is 74 and so is Czechia’s Miroslav Koubek).—
Alex Connor,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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As America approaches this milestone anniversary, many celebrations are looking back at our past 250 years, but one looks forward.—
Faith Salie,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Landowski only began competing Neo in agility competitions last year, and the training involved coaching with a dog trainer in Hudson Oaks and years of hogging the family computer to watch dog agility competition videos, her mother, Rhian said.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 May 2026
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The article also urges users to avoid running multiple real-time antivirus programs, warning that doing so could hog resources and cause system conflicts.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the European Commission is investigating the deal under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, looking at the approximately $24 billion being fronted for the takeover by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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The Sphere, a longtime vision for the mogul (who fronts his own band JD and the Straight Shot), had launched with concert experiences from the likes of U2, the Eagles, Dead & Company, Backstreet Boys and Metallica.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Layer the onions, 2 to 3 bacon pieces, and 2 to 3 pickles over the patty.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Add a small amount of pickle juice or vinegar to your egg salad.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
16 June 2026
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That junction creates one of the most seismically active offshore regions along the West Coast.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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At a junction where a dirt road peels off the highway near the mining town of Hitsats, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a young man named Filimon Guesh pushed his way to the front of a crowd of protesters.—
Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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By the time the trio closed out its set with an intense drum climax that could have rivaled thunder, thousands were still dancing beneath the lasers, smoke and stars, reluctant to let the night end.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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The slow dance came to a climax on June 9 — which is depicted in the far right panel — when skywatchers worldwide were treated to a dramatic planetary conjunction as Jupiter and Venus shone less than 2 degrees away from one another above the western horizon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 June 2026
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“Corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corner. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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