CORNERED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

cornered

verb

past tense of corner

as in monopolized

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as in accosted

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Verb

Dishwasher racks are valuable real estate that shouldn’t be monopolized by your cat and his Fancy Feast.

— John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
At times of heightened tensions, the Houthis have used the Bab el-Mandeb as a geopolitical bargaining tool, disrupting the passage of trade in a similar fashion to how Tehran has monopolized the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 16 July 2026

Definition of monopolized

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At half-time of the mostly engrossing, controversial Manchester derby on Sunday, Marc Guehi was accosted by a Sky Sports reporter and asked a few questions.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Osama, donning his bulletproof blue press jacket and armed with his camera, is accosted by a woman wailing that 200 of her neighbors are gone.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of accosted

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In one inexhaustible untitled image from 1980, the couple sits in elegant dress at a candlelit table engrossed in each other’s company, while the young, shirtless son adjusts the channel on a television perched on the near side of the same table.

— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
After traveling to Oakland from Colorado, Lori Schott read aloud a diary entry from her daughter, Annalee, who died by suicide at 18 after becoming engrossed with Meta’s apps.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of engrossed

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Police say the suspect, who remains unidentified as of publication, confronted the man and shot him at least once before leaving.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
The person upstairs came down, confronted the man involved in the disturbance and shot him at least once, according to the release.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of confronted

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The pressures Wong faced throughout her lifetime were severe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
McBride faced noticeable backlash from the GOP caucus before even arriving to Capitol Hill after winning the state's at-large congressional race two years ago.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of faced

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The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to publicly criticize the war, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only has a few dozen candidates in the single-constituency races.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Everyone then stayed on campus, and dared not explore the surrounding community.

— Danny Mason, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

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