on/at every corner
Definition
› in many places along the streets of a town or city: After the match, police were stationed on every corner.Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere
(Definition of on/at every corner from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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