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cornered

adjective as in under attack

Strong match

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The president has cornered the market on Christians, the rural poor, the working class and the undereducated.

From Salon

Playing outlaws on the run, cornered men whose time had passed, bickering and bantering like an old married couple who can’t imagine a life without each other, they’re perfect together.

The district, for example, cornered the local market on computers to send home with students, quickly buying them ahead of other school systems.

They also cornered a U.S. citizen, Brian Gavidia, who is now part of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of these stops.

Editors and publicists often try to push me into the love corner, but I snap and growl, as cornered creatures do.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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