cornering

verb

present participle of corner
1
as in monopolizing

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2
as in accosting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornering
  1. monopolizing
  2. accosting
  3. absorbing
  4. approaching
  5. confronting
  6. daring
  7. fronting
  8. facing
Verb
  • Three friends from Mexico had come close to monopolizing Hollywood’s highest directing honor.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The payoff is that bulky, awkward items like pot lids and foil boxes stop monopolizing a shelf and become easy to grab.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of monopolizing
Verb
  • Cox said that Hudson has been dealing with dirty looks on campus, with some accosting him for his public connection to the case.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Jenkinson also faces a second charge of accosting a different man in the same location the day prior.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of accosting
Verb
  • Otherwise, a project can appear affordable because employees are silently absorbing part of its cost.
    — Hani Assi, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For example, heavy elements are better at absorbing heat from the core, which affects the size of a star’s convective layer.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of absorbing
Verb
  • In his incident report, Garner said another officer activated a Taser's electrical arc to try to scare HeeHaw away, but the donkey continued approaching.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Surveillance footage showed Alfozan approaching the conference room on several occasions despite lacking authorization to enter or participate in meetings there.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of approaching
Verb
  • Matt Passmore, Emily Rose, Gabriel Nagy and Hudson Macready star in the film, which tells the true story of a family confronting addiction and loss while finding its way back to one another.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • These kinds of tradeoffs will keep confronting tech leaders as long as that disparity persists.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of confronting
Verb
  • Skarsgard, who, like Colman, has made some daring career moves in recent years, became the only man to do this knight-in-shining-wicker justice.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • That made The Social Network daring in its nuanced depiction of the enterprise, and the film consequently raised profound questions for audiences to grapple with.
    — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of daring
Verb
  • Ella Bleu Travolta, John’s daughter, walked the Miu Miu show, and Apple Martin, offspring of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, debuted on the runway for Chloé after fronting one of its campaigns.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Scott has held several notable presenting roles for the BBC in the UK, including the 2020 Olympic Games and five seasons fronting the Football Focus show, which was discontinued this summer after 52 years.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of fronting
Verb
  • Building this life is the gargantuan task facing people looking to fix the role of technology in their lives.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • This is a kitchen table, existential economic issue that is facing Arizonans.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of facing
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