cornered

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Dusty is played by Josh O’Connor, who lately has cornered the market on sensitive, passive outsiders.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

The star said she did it because she felt cornered and humiliated by the paparazzi, who had chased her from the house of her estranged husband, Kevin Federline.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Hologic has cornered the market for women’s health products and related diagnostic tools.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 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

When I finally cornered her one rainy afternoon, and we set out the board in the billiards room, she proceeded to show me a game that was a vague variant on draughts.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro