cornered

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“During the pandemic I cornered my grandma to make all of her recipes again so I could write them down,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

In the decade before Ueda arrived in 2023, the BOJ cornered the government bond market to the point where no debt issues traded hands External link on certain days.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

"Overall we are seeing a European Union that has been cornered," said Li Shuo, from the Asia Society, a long-time observer of climate politics.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 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

Trey’s gotten cornered by a couple of the other deacons not far away.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas