controlling
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Sony Pictures Television has acquired controlling interest in the reality TV production company behind “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “Vanderpump Rules.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Instead, the market seemed to move because a UMA voter controlling roughly 10% of the vote announced a “Yes” vote on Discord.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
A smuggler in a French migrant camp told us the network controlling the cross-Channel trade was often referred to as the Ranya Boys.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Recent advances in controlling individual particles inside ultracold atomic systems could also make these ideas testable in real laboratory experiments.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
“Finny, I—” there was no controlling what I said, the words were instinctive, like the reactions of someone cornered.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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