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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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He went on to corner the market in "watch time", created a factory of content and is now a billionaire.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

In his view, IMVT-1402 could corner the market for D2T RA, given the drug’s “differentiated mechanism and compelling efficacy in people who have failed multiple prior therapies.”

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Prices more than quadrupled, reaching nearly $50 in early 1980 before regulators stepped in and unraveled the Hunt brothers’ attempt to corner the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025

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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