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cornered

[kawr-nerd] / ˈkɔr nərd /
ADJECTIVE
under attack
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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Prime Video has cornered the market on young-adult fiction, catering to a massive audience of women and girls who want to escape into love stories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Christ was cornered — pay taxes to Rome, or be branded a traitor — and so he turned the trap into a statement about the limits of power.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The more exposed he is to the laughter, and the more cornered he feels, the more ridiculously he will have to respond—because he can’t admit to an error.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

D-Wave Quantum: The company has cornered the market for “annealing quantum,” an approach tailored to optimization tasks like logistics and data sampling.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

The dog had cornered a sock and was playing a game with himself, picking it up and flinging it across the ground, only to chase it down again.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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