control
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Sony sent every athlete a free pair of headphones but star players wore Beats on the team bus, in training, through the tunnel... everywhere Fifa could not control.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
“The people legally owned by the Washingtons had few choices and little control over their lives,” one panel explains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
What does that signal to other countries—adversaries or even allies—who have similar potential control over other straits or chokepoints across the global economy?
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Ask your typical elected or hired official, from the governor to the animal control folks, and they’ll tell you transparency is vital and sunshine in government a key value.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 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
Vocabulary lists containing control
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Scientific Method
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The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method
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