controlled

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Bryan Mbeumo controlled the ball with his hand before Matheus Cunha scored, but the referee rejected a review to disallow it.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Technology-focused Silver Lake, which has about $117 billion of assets under management and controlled capital, initially invested in Entrata in July 2021 and took a majority stake in the company in March 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Earlier on Wednesday, President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian report that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would be jointly controlled by Iran and Oman as part of a peace deal during a cabinet meeting.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The approach uses carefully controlled heat delivered with near infrared light.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Even so, I was desperate to find out where the many, many rules that they controlled us with came from.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals