Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornered
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Their words painted a portrait of someone who micromanaged, monopolized the spotlight and rarely recognized individual contributions.—
Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Judge Amit Mehta ruled last year that Google illegally monopolized online search and advertising by paying companies like Apple and Samsung billions of dollars a year to install Google as the default search engine on smartphones and web browsers.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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When her mother leaves the room for a moment, she's accosted by a demonic entity that toys with her through funhouse-style reflections, creating this evil doppelganger of Judy.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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After the creatures show up, we’re left running (stark naked) through the labyrinthine walls of Hell, as main protagonist Aiden, before being accosted by a deranged cult back in the real world.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Chicago officials, faced with pressure from the teachers union and community groups, have not confronted this challenge.—
Mila Koumpilova,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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However, the pair were soon confronted by an unidentified woman, who started to argue angrily with them.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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So when Patel approached the podium on Friday the stakes were obviously high.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Shore has recently been engrossed in another kind of tribute to an entertainment legend, Richard Simmons, whom he's set to play in a feature film based on a short that's already made the rounds.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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You’ll be engrossed and saddened by the backstory to Jason Kaminsky, the one-time Nottingham Forest prospect who suffered from alcoholism and died in 2005, aged just 31.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Jackson faced several setbacks this season but proved her fitness during the 100-meter dash rounds the past two days.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This operation faced some challenges due to warmer weather and lower relative humidity.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The residents were so close and looked out for each other so well, in fact, that no one even dared to paste up small ads in the neighborhood, for fear they’d be caught by the senior citizens.—
Jack Hargreaves,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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Tate McRae dared to bare in a sheer white Grecian-style dress which exposed her underwear ahead of her performance.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Cornered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornered. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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