monopoly
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Before Standard Oil became “the most gigantic, the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly which ever fastened upon a community,” it was a start-up.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Opec has leverage now, but not a monopoly.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The lawsuit comes a week after a federal jury in Manhattan found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had operated a monopoly over major concert venues, controlling 86% of the concert market.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
The hosts discuss what led to the federal jury ruling that the concert behemoth was acting as a monopoly.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
A firm can secure this monopoly power through patents, but that wasn’t the case with the second-line TB drugs.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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