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

Many experts said the outage showed how reliant tech is on Amazon's dominance in the cloud computing sector, as a market largely cornered by AWS and Microsoft Azure.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

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

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Publicly, he put all the pressure on Hamas, a move that eventually cornered its leaders into a humiliating compromise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

In short: Pius Thicknesse thinks he’s got you cornered good and proper.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling