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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
Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
With Blue Origin’s New Glenn soon to fly its first mission for Amazon, Arianespace’s Ariane 6 on stable footing, and the prospect of more Falcon 9 launches on the horizon, Amazon may have turned a corner in solving its rocket conundrum.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 May 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
Some decorated their cars or stood on street corners for hours with homemade signs and bright red banners, hoping to flag down passing neighbors.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
With Blue Origin’s New Glenn soon to fly its first mission for Amazon, Arianespace’s Ariane 6 on stable footing, and the prospect of more Falcon 9 launches on the horizon, Amazon may have turned a corner in solving its rocket conundrum.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 May 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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Perhaps no local official exemplifies the state’s dilemma more than Commissioner Jon Lubke of Crow Wing County in the central Minnesota lakes region.—
Jeremy Fugleberg,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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That environment presents Warsh with a dilemma the Fed has no clean answer to.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2026
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My eyes sneak under his windshield at the intersection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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All that was left of the snow was shoveled into melting mounds at the edges of intersections and crosswalks.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Plus, there are plenty of other important updates coming our way this week, from influential tech conferences to jobs data and spin-off milestones.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Expanding domestic graphitization capacity therefore represents a significant industrial milestone in itself.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
Verb
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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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Last year, the talk category only fronted three nominees, while scripted variety had just two.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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The building will have a contemporary design oriented toward Mission Avenue, with 5,240 square feet of ground floor commercial space fronting Mission and the corner of Nevada Street and Mission Avenue.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
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At Miznon, fresh pita is filled with a falafel burger, tangy pickles, tomato, sour cream, and green chili peppers.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Most varieties make crisp, firm pickles when picked at about 4 inches long.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Beyond Akkermansia muciniphila, Pendulum's products feature Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium beijerinckii, both butyrate-producing strains that fuel colon cells, support tight junctions in the gut lining, and stimulate GLP-1 production.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The Reon Pocket Pro Plus applies the Peltier effect, in which cooling caused by an electric current flowing across the junction of two different conductors can cause heating or cooling.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
24 May 2026
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The political overshadow of Hernandez's high school career reached its climax during championship weekend, with the athlete appearing in a video with Democrat California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on the morning of the CIF championship preliminary round on Friday.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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And this represents the climax of the film, when Thompson (Kathryn Fairly in the movie) must pilot the shuttle during peak heating.—
Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
31 May 2026
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“Corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corner. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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