corralling

verb

present participle of corral
1
as in confining
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO

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2
as in grabbing
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk

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3
as in assembling
to bring together in one body or place corral all the members of the tour group in the lounge

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Recent Examples of corralling After corralling the ensuing corner kick, Callender rolled the ball to his left to start a sequence that shredded the Black & Gold. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026 If Denver can pressure Purdy, its defensive backs should have no issue corralling the 49ers’ wideouts. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Like, say, corralling the Chicago School Board, which makes speaking to us look like attending a tea party. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Seattle had all the momentum and forced Maye to throw a second consecutive interception, this time safety Julian Love corralling it in to give the Seahawks the ball back. — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Eighty-eight players will receive the Pro Bowl honor with no alternates, corralling a key aspect of the all-star event that had gotten out of whack in recent years. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 They’ve been seen, for example, corralling schools of rays, creating waves to push penguins from ice blocks and extracting the livers of white sharks. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026 These skilled hunters stalk their prey in a variety of ways, from hydroplaning onto the sand to grab seals to corralling fish into big bait balls for a snack. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026 To see Kyra on a bullhorn corralling massive crowds at BravoCon was truly a sight to behold. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corralling
  1. confining
  2. grabbing
  3. assembling
  4. housing
  5. catching
  6. collecting
  7. encasing
  8. snatching
Verb
  • Corporations have responded with caution, especially in regulated sectors like banking and healthcare, confining deployments to narrow pilots whose early returns are far more modest than AI enthusiasts advertise.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Potentially containing trillions of parameters — values learned during training — frontier models require vast computing resources, largely confining them to data centers, where they can be more easily monitored and, in principle, switched off.
    — Robert Hart, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of confining
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  • Ben and Victor are suspicious of Kriste for immediately grabbing her chalice.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
  • After a bloody skirmish with the orcs and wild men, an imposing figure arrives on horseback, grabbing one of the warriors and hurling him at Galadriel’s approaching horse.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of grabbing
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  • Each scenario presents political obstacles, leaving Eisenkot facing the difficult task of assembling a coalition among parties with sharply different views on religion, national identity and security policy.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The only participating locale the family hasn’t visited in person is Ulster County, New York, which committed itself to assembling 100 bags.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of assembling
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  • Ugreen says this capability adds the option for enterprise-class endurance and sustained write performance in the main storage bay, which would be beneficial for housing active project files, virtual machine storage, or databases.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The area was home to four base camps, housing the teams from Argentina, Netherlands, England and Algeria (in Lawrence).
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of housing
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  • Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong crashes into the wall after catching a fly ball against the White Sox on May 17, 2026, at Rate Field.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Hawkins had 303 yards passing on just 11 completions, with redshirt freshman Taron Francis catching his first three passes of the season for 169 yards, including a 73-yard TD.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of catching
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  • The government shutdown last year prevented the bureau from collecting sufficient data in October 2025, so there is no comparable figure to use.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Each item costs less than $200, and with the holidays coming—with endless-feeling opportunities for hosting and gifting—now is a great time to start collecting.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of collecting
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  • Little Miner’s version isn’t so much a riff as an homage, with a flour tortilla encasing queso sauce, tortilla chips, chipotle aioli, lettuce, tomato, raw onion, sour cream and a choice of proteins.
    — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Definition of encasing
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  • And for Democrats, Sunday was a reminder of Will Rogers, as well as the cliche of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Democrats are giddy over the prospect of snatching Senate seats and gubernatorial races in normally red states.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of snatching

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“Corralling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corralling. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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