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corner the market

Idioms  

  1. Buy all or most of a commodity or stock so that its price goes up. For example, In a famous maneuver the Hunt brothers cornered the market in silver. This idiom uses corner in the sense of “drive would-be buyers into a corner.” [Early 1800s]

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The episode is also reminiscent of the 1980 attempt by the Hunt brothers to corner the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

The issuers are trying to corner the market and create their own ecosystem.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

What if, Friedman and fellow executives wondered, the Dodgers could corner the market on top Japanese talent?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

They will corner the market on opening-round home games.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

But I had a massive hard drive stuffed with MP3s, which is why Sizwe was excited when he saw me mixing—he saw a way to corner the market.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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