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They felt threatened, surrounded by an atmosphere of persecution that had cornered them in a little room and left them silent and paralyzed.
Ils se sentaient menacés par un entourage qui les persécutait, qui les contraignait à rester dans une petite chambre, les obligeant à demeurer figés et paralysés.
I shopped my dealer because the police had cornered me.
J'ai dénoncé mon dealer parce que la police m'avait coincé.
One of the bullfighters in the bullring made a distracting maneuver to get the bull away from the matador, who it had cornered.
L’un des toreros présents dans l’arène fit une manœuvre pour éloigner le taureau du matador, qu’il avait acculé.
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