Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornered
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In addition to her astonishing Billboard 200 debut with Showgirl, Swift has also monopolized all 10 spots in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with songs from the new album.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025 -
In April, Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized ad exchanges – which conduct lightning fast auctions that connect advertisers to websites with ad space – as well as tools used by sites to manage the inventory of space for sale, known as ad servers.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Server Josh Garner says he was accosted last week by an angry man.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Coristine and a woman were standing next to their car on Swann Street, several blocks from Logan Circle, when they were allegedly accosted by multiple suspects, according to police.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
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When confronted, the student reportedly denied it but refused to provide the staffer with his backpack, according to the complaint.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
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The school called my mom, who confronted the teacher.—
Erin Silvia,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the victim was leaving her Surprise home to attend a soccer game with her three children, Headrick approached her with a metal bar and forced the family back inside, prosecutors said.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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She had been approached before Leachman accepted the role but had turned it down.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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The technique gives the viewer the feeling of being engrossed inside the image and is used to great effect in with hundreds of maps and thousands of lithographs, letters and paintings.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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South Park Elementary is once again engrossed in another fad.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The president and his party have faced three corruption scandals this year, while Argentina’s slowing economy and frustration with high unemployment rates helped push Milei’s approval to the lowest level of his term ahead of the vote.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Waupun Correctional Institution has also faced a series of deaths among those incarcerated there in recent years and is now under investigation by federal officials over how drugs and contraband were smuggled inside.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The actor infamously played Jeff, the hunky diner manager who dared to come between the show's endgame couple.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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One man, Lawrence Bergreen, dared to step into the breach and write about Columbus in the way only historians of substance can.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Cornered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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