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[kawr-ner] / ˈkɔr nər /






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But the race was almost immediately put back under caution after a pile-up at the first corner caused by Alpine's Franco Colapinto, who cannoned into team-mate Pierre Gasly, who in turn clattered into Norris.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Proof of concept for the three-peat chase around the corner?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Chandler Simpson turned on an 89 mph slider hanging on the inside corner of the plate and sent it soaring 344 feet down the right-field line for a home run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I kept asking questions, and she was only too happy to keep talking, hardly taking a breath until we stepped off the trolley at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“There’s a ton of great corners in the league,” McDuffie said, but he regards Patrick Surtain II of the Broncos, the 2024 NFL defensive player of the year, as the best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The list includes noncitizens from all corners of the globe, residing in all corners of the U.S.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Aylo said that updates to the Act requiring age verification had "not achieved its goal of protecting minors" and had "diverted traffic to darker, unregulated corners of the internet".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I’ve worked at Slate for almost an entire decade, writing frequently about fringe conspiracy theories from dark corners of the internet.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Droplets gathered at the corners of his mouth, and some ran down his chin onto the towel, but most of it made it into the baby skunk.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Prime Video has cornered the market on young-adult fiction, catering to a massive audience of women and girls who want to escape into love stories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Christ was cornered — pay taxes to Rome, or be branded a traitor — and so he turned the trap into a statement about the limits of power.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Vietnam has cornered the market on robusta since emerging from its war in the 1970s.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Luka Doncic, dressed in a black T-shirt and pants, scrolled on his phone, cornered off by a wall of reporters who all faced LeBron James looking for reasons behind a postseason dry spell.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

After math, this time I cornered him in the hallway.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

The Multistrada lights up the night with dynamic cornering headlamps, integrated into the upper fairing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

I hate that feeling of overspilled momentum when cornering and braking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

With ambitions of cornering the electric vehicle market, India is also on the lookout for critical minerals such as lithium -- another resource Australia has in abundance.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The reduced downforce has lowered cornering speeds and ensured some of the quicker corners, where drivers did not have to slow down before, will be more challenging.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Emmett was thinking about cornering James, no doubt.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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