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“We were not going to be controlled by fuel prices,” Anderson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Damaged Middle Eastern refineries and a potentially controlled Strait of Hormuz opening could delay full oil flow restoration for months.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

You've got a cool, calm and controlled European captain in Luke Donald, while his US counterpart Keegan Bradley has a nervousness in his look.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

None of this would work without the careful and controlled movement of charges across cell membranes and within cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

The level of fear rose higher when Americans saw how Nikita Khrushchev responded to a freedom movement in Hungary, one of the Eastern European countries controlled by the Soviet Union.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin