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corner the market on something and corner the something market

Fig. to develop or obtain a monopoly of something. The company sought to corner the market on frozen yogurt. Standard Oil had the oil market cornered at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Real's attempts to corner the market on the world's finest attacking talent have failed to produce a team which can conquer Spain, let alone Europe, and they may have to admire the attacking flair of Arsenal in London this evening. Football: Flair may not be enough for Real; DAN CHILDS'S VERDICT ... by The Racing Post (London, England) Seaman's lawyer, Glenn Wolther, characterised Ono's lawsuit as a cynical bid to corner the market on the legacy of Lennon. Liberal Democrat Conference 2002: Lennon's assistant claims photos ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) 1 billion Growth since 1993: 197% Agostino Rocca's secret to success with Siderca has been to corner the market on seamless steel pipe, widely used in the oil and gas industry Since Rocca took charge in 1993 of the Techint Group, Argentina's largest industrial conglomerate and owner of Siderca, the pipe maker has been buying all its competitors in Latin America. Seamless Monopoly by Latin Trade			cop a feel cop a packet cop a plea cop a squat cop an attitude cop from cop it sweet cop onto cop out cope with copper-bottomed copulate with copy copy down copy out copy out of cordon cordon bleu cordon off core cork cork high and bottle deep cork up corner corner the market corner the market on corral correct correlate with correspond correspond to correspond with cost cost a bomb cost a pretty penny cost an arm and a leg cost dear cost out cotton cotton to cotton up to cotton-picking couch couch in couch potato cough cough head off cough out cough up could could be better			corner molding corner notch corner of Main and Main Corner of the Universe corner pilaster corner pocket corner post corner post Corner reflector Corner reflector Corner reflector Corner reflector antenna Corner reflector antenna Corner reflector antenna corner reinforcement corner return block Corner Rounding End Mill Corner Shop Corner Shop corner shops corner stone corner stone corner stone Corner store Corner store corner stud corner stud Corner the market Corner the market Corner the market corner the market on corner tile Corner tooth Corner Transfer Matrix Renormalization Group corner trap corner trowel Corner-kick Corner-stone Corner-stone Corner-stone cornerback Cornerback (American football) cornerbacks Cornercap Cornercastings Cornercastings Cornercastings cornered cornered cornered cornered cornered Cornered a Market Cornered Rat Studios Cornered the Market cornering cornering cornering cornering cornering Cornering a Market

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