Corner and Situation

Corner

Corner noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.

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Situation and corner are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Situation" instead a noun "Corner".

Nearby Words: cornered, cornering

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Corner and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corner" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

exact	exact corner	exact situation
particular	particular corner	particular situation
specific	specific corner	specific situation
right	right corner	right situation
Other adjectives: tight, unpleasant, bad, given, possible, strange, different, opposite.

This situation is a corner case, and the rules for dealing with it are a bit inconsistent between books (and often suffer from Writers Cannot Do Math).

Source: Chunky Salsa Rule
The real 'fun' comes in when you realize that the only way that the situation will ever be resolved is by eliminating a corner of the triangle.

Source: Did Not Get the Girl
Once he forced himself into a corner that he, at first glance, could only solve by having the Dick tell Chester Gould to get him out of this situation and a giant hand erased the death trap.

Source: Writing by the Seat of Your Pants

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