cornering

verb

present participle of corner
1
as in monopolizing

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2
as in accosting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornering
  1. monopolizing
  2. accosting
  3. absorbing
  4. approaching
  5. confronting
  6. daring
  7. fronting
  8. facing
Verb
  • However, such an improvement might get hampered by a number of challenges, such as the rise of space debris in orbit or a single company monopolizing commercial space launch, researchers added.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 20 July 2026
  • The film will duke it out for the highly coveted family audience that Toy Story 5 is currently monopolizing.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Definition of monopolizing
Verb
  • Jenkinson also faces a second charge of accosting a different man in the same location the day prior.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of accosting
Verb
  • Owners now face the tough decision of raising prices and risking losing customers, or absorbing higher costs and sacrificing profits.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Ensure the ground has impact-absorbing cushioning (rubber, pea gravel, mulch).
    — Oc Register, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of absorbing
Verb
  • Compared to Bromley, Fleetwood are approaching elder-statesmen status as members of the EFL.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The speed limit in the work zone is 55 mph, and drivers are required to move over when possible or slow down when approaching workers or construction activity along the shoulder.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of approaching
Verb
  • The Georgia case is one of several legal challenges confronting the NCAA over the transition to its new eligibility system.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There, Williams published a newsletter, The Crusader, to encourage Black people to engage in self-defense rather than nonviolence, whether during civil rights protests or confronting racist aggressors.
    — Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of confronting
Verb
  • That number grew exponentially over the years as the swoosh became near omnipresent in State College, even daring to grace the famously plain football jerseys.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • John Oliver recently highlighted Buc-ee's controversial practice of suing small businesses over cartoon animal logos, even daring the company to sue his show.
    — Allen Adamson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of daring
Verb
  • While fronting the May 2026 issue of Vogue Brazil, Zendaya once more showed her love for her Coleman crew.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 31 July 2026
  • Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter best known for fronting the Frames and the Swell Season as well as co-starring in the 2007 musical drama Once, has died, according to his management.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
Definition of fronting
Verb
  • Jacobs practiced all offseason, but his status remains one of 10 big questions facing Green Bay.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Despite acknowledging mistakes were made, FIFA is still facing a barrage of obstacles that are preventing it and Infantino from moving on from the saga.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of facing
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