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Cornering the 25-year-old for his main event fight with Alexandre Junior in Manchester is fellow Liverpudlian Paddy Pimblett, one of the UK's most recognisable MMA stars.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Cornering their helpless prey, the squad parted to make way for their leader — a swaggering young woman wearing an outfit that could be called "Lenny Kravitz casual" who brandished a samurai sword.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2018

Cornering under braking or with its lagging throttle, the E-Pace tended to sink at the nose, grip strongly then scrub benignly and push wide—no surprise, considering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2018

Cornering Aaron, Teddy, whom Mr. Shepherd plays with a sinister combination of jocularity and menace, insists he is owed money for having suggested the software program that Aaron and others developed.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2013

Cornering it at last, he persuaded it to cease running round and round the room, and instead to take a spin outside. 

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)