cornered

verb

past tense of corner
1
as in monopolized

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2
as in accosted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornered
  1. monopolized
  2. accosted
  3. engrossed
  4. confronted
  5. approached
  6. faced
  7. dared
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
Verb
  • In 1982, walking through a terminal at Newark International Airport in New Jersey, the Kissingers were accosted by Ellen Kaplan, a follower of Lyndon LaRouche, a cult leader with both Marxist and right-wing associations.
    — Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • During a preliminary hearing in 2021, Los Angeles Police Department detectives testified that Jester and three others broke into Jackson’s Hollywood Hills rental and accosted the rapper in a shower.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of accosted
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Surveillance video from the Cedar Glenn complex showed Brunson, Newman, and another unnamed co-defendant jumping a fence, approaching a Chevrolet Suburban, and fleeing after being confronted by a witness.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Pursued by monstrous entities and confronted by manifestations of human suffering, Dante and Virgil will eventually come face to face with the Devil himself.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of confronted
Verb
  • Despite the show’s success and, as a result, its host’s cultural ubiquity, Povich says he was never approached about taking over one of the late-night shows.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Lee first approached Thomas to found Quality Control and, within a month, signed Migos, one of the biggest acts to emerge from the Atlanta region this century.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of approached
Verb
  • El-Sayed has taken heat from some in his party over his associations with Piker, the left-wing streamer whose comments about American Jews have faced intense criticism in recent days.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • An inquest opened Wednesday into the sudden death earlier this month of Jason Arday, a Cambridge University professor who faced a storm of plagiarism accusations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of faced
Verb
  • Thor would have dared the rioters to come closer, then kicked their collective butts.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • President Ronald Reagan dared wear brown suits, and he was declared fashion-forward.
    — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of dared
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“Cornered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornered. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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