controlled
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I controlled what I felt like I could control.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Some controlled by James Dolan, including AMC Networks, have long been tarred with a “Dolan discount” for that reason.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Their company, Curbside SOS, was bought last month by roadside-assistance platform Honk Technologies, which is controlled by private-equity investor Frontenac, said Matt Maloney, co-founder of Grubhub and Curbside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Each laser in the array can be controlled independently and transmit its own stream of data.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
All the springboks playing baseball, the pandas who controlled the big wooden slides, even the nerdy pangolins who played D&D in the shade of the library.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.