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corral

[kuh-ral] / kəˈræl /
NOUN
enclosure
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Mopping up: Neutralizing antibodies effectively corral HIV so there is less virus circulating in the body's blood supply.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The horses will be taken in trailers to a corral in Modoc National Forest, where they’ll be readied for adoption.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

The news was that Mr. Warsh managed to corral a unanimous 12-0 vote in favor despite the previous public views of some governors that a rate increase was called for.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Speaking on Good Morning Ulster, she described how "in many cases" social media companies are "like the wild west and trying to corral it and control it can be incredibly difficult".

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

The conversation was calm, comfortable, like it had been years before on those dusky evenings in the corral.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Multiple buildings stand on the property, including three separate guesthouses, a 5,500-square-foot movie theater with a stage, several barns, animal shelter facilities, corrals, and a maintenance shop.

From MarketWatch May 5, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: This leather-clad tray charges two devices and corrals your useful clutter.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

Alongside survey work, the women help villagers access government insurance schemes for their livestock and promote the use of predator‑proof corrals - stone or mesh enclosures that protect animals at night.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

The researchers suggest that by carefully arranging the positions of pinned atoms on a surface, they may be able to build larger and more intricate atomic corrals.

From Science Daily Dec. 11, 2025

At the far end was the stone wall of the corrals, with apertures in the stone that were like loopholes running all along the face of each corral.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

He even devises a way to keep the goats corralled so that he doesn’t have to chase them down or use up his precious bullets and gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Visitors are corralled into a walkway by the Freedom 250-branded fencing on one side and low metal barriers on the other.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

And it has to do it without the star power it corralled in the past.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Up to now, nanoscale corralling has only been achieved for photons and electrons; this study is the first demonstration that atoms themselves can be corralled in a similar way.

From Science Daily Dec. 11, 2025

The band might next have corralled the herd into a narrow gorge in order to better control and defend it.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Up to now, nanoscale corralling has only been achieved for photons and electrons; this study is the first demonstration that atoms themselves can be corralled in a similar way.

From Science Daily Dec. 11, 2025

A drawing on a stone discovered in Jordan in 1951 depicted the kites as enclosures for animals, but whether it was for hunting or corralling livestock wasn’t clear.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

But others maintain that the more defenses the department had in place, the better the prospects of corralling the fire when it was small, no matter the speed and behavior of the winds.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2025

For years, the environmental movement, which played such a pivotal role corralling American dam building, was focused more on improving automobile fuel economy and promoting electric vehicles than reducing the total amount of driving.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2024

Mia sprayed the counter and swept the sponge across it, corralling crumbs into the sink.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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