Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornered
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Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the market, the Department of Justice argued, driving up the prices for everyone.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026 -
The idea soon monopolized my thoughts.—
Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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All of the laws attacking transgender people actually negatively affect all women… people getting accosted in bathrooms are cis women often.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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In one example, an on-duty Postal Service worker flipped off and verbally accosted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.—
Houston Keene,
Boston Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with those claims at a White House meeting last year that underlined the strained relationship.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with those claims at a dramatic White House meeting last year that underlined the strained relationship.—
Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, broadcaster Sinclair approached Blackburn about helping figure out what to do with the network.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Amin Shouman, a resident of Abu Falah who witnessed the attack, told the Associated Press that dozens of Israeli settlers approached the village from the north and opened fire when they were confronted by a guard committee along the border of the village.—
Imad Isseid,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Don’t listen to your favorite podcast or get engrossed in conversation.—
Natalia V. Osipova,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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For Dallas’ Black community in the late 1950s through the 1960s, the Forest Theater was the place to see and be seen, recalls Shirley Rhodes, an 80-year-old South Dallas native who spent Saturdays there during her childhood while engrossed in the cinematic offerings.—
Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Open the door to the Chamber, and you're faced with a sink, a vanity, two wardrobes, and two frosted-glass doors, behind which are a shower and a toilet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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The project was revived in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson but faced strong opposition from environmentalists, including Marjorie Harris Carr, the barge canal’s most vocal critic.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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The few Alawite religious leaders who dared to remain in Aleppo and resist were captured, impaled on metal spikes, and displayed in public squares.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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Lough, 46, might not have dared to commission an engineer in India to create a Sam Bot if Altman, 40, hadn't given him the idea with OpenAI's audacious release of a chatbot that sounded like actress Scarlett Johansson.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Cornered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornered. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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