control
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Its control over its docket, the building it sits in, all these things.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Officials in British Columbia are still trying to determine how many homes were lost to the fire, which remains out of control as of Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The system responds rationally by creating safeguards to manage access and control costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Participants who consumed fruit juice and smoothies alongside whole fruit had lower depression scores than the control group.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Such perfect control is only possible when a child is taken at an early age and carefully and continually taught to practice the muscles which grow stiff in later years.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The first group included 14 people who served as controls and were asked to continue eating their usual diet.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Other measures would include tightening controls on the possession, carrying and use of firearms.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The company’s robotaxis differ from others already on the road because they do not have driver’s controls such as a steering wheel or gas pedal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Beijing controls a chokepoint that Washington’s own crackdown can’t address.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
On one page she saw a list of headings: exchange controls, rationing, the mass evacuation of large towns, the conscription of labor.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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In a randomized controlled trial, adults who typically ate relatively little fruit and vegetables received support to increase their intake.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
That result suggests that dinosaur size was not controlled by physiology alone.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
In 1914 Emanuel controlled half the Russian oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Her crew, who are primarily indigenous, have carried out prescribed burns, also known as a hazard reduction burns – a practice of setting planned, controlled blazes to remove fuels that could contribute to wildfires.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
My life had for the last half hour been completely controlled by a horse, two coyotes, a roadrunner, and a jackrabbit.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
The work, published in Nature Electronics, shows that carefully controlling the atomic boundary between a semiconductor and its insulating layer can allow the dielectric to be made extremely thin while maintaining strong electrical performance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The humanitarian situation also remains dire, with hundreds of thousands of people living in tents and Israel tightly controlling the entry of all goods into the territory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Section 10301 specifically ensures anyone controlling a protocol that operates like a securities intermediary doesn’t escape Exchange Act or Bank Secrecy Act obligations, including anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
He has suggested a new model for the sector could emulate Greater Manchester's bus network, where private operators bid to run services on a franchise basis, with local authorities controlling fares, timetables and routes.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
She’s starting to get all nosy and controlling like she always does.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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