control
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Notably, First Light was the last project supervised by Bond masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson before they gave creative control to the franchise's new owners, Amazon MGM Studios.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Citizens go about their days, anxieties bleeding into their behaviors, trying to wrestle some control from a world that offers them none.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
The combined company will control a sprawling roster of assets, including CNN, Warner Bros.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Pope Leo could have confronted the current false binary of unfettered artificial intelligence versus unfettered government control of this technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
“I don’t have to tell you that it’s important to control the damage to your family’s reputation. And that of your business. What Ruby did or didn’t do almost doesn’t matter.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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The Scientific Method
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The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method
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