cornered

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No. But I don’t think I come at other musicians like that — like I’ve cornered the market on the right way to do something.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

In the decade before Ueda arrived in 2023, the BOJ cornered the government bond market to the point where no debt issues traded hands External link on certain days.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Nintendo has cornered the market with the Switch - one of the best-selling consoles in history - and its Switch 2 has only improved what made the original great.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

It was a way, also, to stick it to the British government, which found itself cornered into taking in 80,000 Asian refugees at a time when racial tension was growing in Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

In trying to flatter ahd interest him I had cornered him in a prestige-trap.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin