corner the market
Example Sentences
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That sets this time apart from earlier examples of silver mania — like when the Hunt Brothers notoriously tried to corner the market in 1980, he noted.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026
Silver prices climbed Monday, poised to close at a record 45 years after the high hit when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the market for the precious metal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Leave it to designer Kiko Kostadinov to corner the market on bizarro motor racing clothing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025
In the absence of a total streaming monopoly, the execs surely knew that they could corner the market on holiday movies with their seemingly endless resources.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024
But I had a massive hard drive stuffed with MP3s, which is why Sizwe was excited when he saw me mixing—he saw a way to corner the market.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
