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
  • 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
  • Jurors found that Live Nation had illegally monopolized the live concert industry.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of monopolized
Verb
  • 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
  • Two of the men were accosted at a local restaurant, and they’ve also been refused service in town, Cox said.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of accosted
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  • 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
  • The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of engrossed
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  • When confronted with this brazen conflict of standards during last week’s special session, members of the General Assembly simply dismissed the contradiction, insisting that the law does not apply to them.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Mob Piru Blood Travon Lane was at Foot Locker when a South Side Crip confronted him and took his Death Row Records necklace.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of confronted
Verb
  • Cue forward Josh Windass revealing on camera how James, as one of those who had worn the armband during the season, had approached him about setting up a meeting with just the players present.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Even in the nineteenth century, before the neuronic machinery of the retina was fully understood, biologists approached the eye with wonderment.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of approached
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  • Lionel Messi returned to Subaru Park Wednesday night, drawing fans from across the region as Inter Miami CF faced the Philadelphia Union.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • According to some reports, travelers have faced long lines and even missed connecting flights as airports deal with growing pains during the transition to biometric kiosks.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of faced
Verb
  • By contrast, Hamas’ strategy was to put its own civilians in harm’s way by building a tunnel system under cities that dared Israel to kill civilians in order to get to Hamas’ warriors.
    — Daniel Kolkey, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Many a middle-schooler has had to play tetherball, but how many dared to add bees to the mix?
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of dared
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