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at every corner vs on every corner

Both 'at every corner' and 'on every corner' are correct phrases and commonly used in English. They're interchangeable and can be used to mean something that's present at all corners of a particular area.
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at every corner

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is present at all corners of a particular area.
  • He stands at every corner around this parking garage For exactly two minutes.
  • You know, there's like a Starbucks at every corner?
  • Watch for grotesqueries at every corner.
  • Rounding corners is done by selecting a quarter of a circle at every corner and removing the area not covered by this selection. The edge radius is the radius of the constructing circle.
  • The Parisian motorist is preyed on at every corner.
  • He tries him at every corner.
  • At every corner of the prison there's a similar room, all interconnected.
  • Guards at every corner?
  • Elation here in Colorado... and yet danger lurking at every corner... as rescuers bring the "besmudged" little cherubs up one at a time.
  • You have one at every corner.
  • I feel I'll meet you at every corner.
  • Eyes watching one's every move? Guards at every corner?
  • At every corner, you leave yourself an alternative.
  • I went into a future dimension with such advanced medicine... that they had broken-leg serum at every corner drugstore.

Alternatives:

  • at each corner
  • at every turn
  • at every intersection
  • at every street corner
  • at every crossroad

on every corner

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is present at all corners of a particular area.
  • The cops are three deep on every corner.
  • There's an it girl on every corner.
  • There are cranes on every corner.
  • There are girls on every corner, my brother.
  • And it's everywhere, on every corner.
  • Keyed in on every corner in Philly.
  • There's a hidden gastronomic gem on every corner.
  • There's a juice bar on every corner.
  • There aren't soldiers posted on every corner down here, so we may have to temper our rhetoric.
  • So, the good thing about London is, they have surveillance cameras on every corner.
  • There's one on every corner, and they all do well.
  • You plan to have a food cart on every corner by the end of your mandate.
  • It's like Florence in the 16th century - genius on every corner.
  • Why, they've got a Santy Claus on every corner, and they take in a fortune.
  • These 40 feet walls, with the razor wire on the top, these watchtowers on every corner, it's imposing.
  • We'll have undercover assets on every corner, scanning every possible threat in a three-block radius.
  • I figured that looks pretty much like fascism in action and the readers were equally impressed, and apparently so were government figures who must've been reading it at that time and decided that security cameras on every corner of the metropolis
  • On every corner... a wrecking crew... and something new and crooked going up catty-corner to that.
  • We're on every corner.
  • Individual troops on every corner.

Alternatives:

  • on each corner
  • on every turn
  • on every intersection
  • on every street corner
  • on every crossroad

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