corner the market

Back in 1980, prices crashed after the Hunt brothers’ attempt to corner the market unraveled.

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.

Leave it to designer Kiko Kostadinov to corner the market on bizarro motor racing clothing.

I worry that Pornchai has alterior motives when he rushed to have her stay and open a spa in Thailand, but I think the Russians will corner the market on the grift.

What if, Friedman and fellow executives wondered, the Dodgers could corner the market on top Japanese talent?