dominate
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The statement highlights some of the anxiety surrounding the latest advancements in technology as some of the world’s largest companies race to compete with China and other countries to dominate the AI race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He laid the basis for Conservatives to dominate British politics from 1886 to 1997, as his successors adapted to an emergent mass culture and wider suffrage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The survivors, along with fish and echinoderms such as starfish and sea urchins, went on to dominate Earth's oceans, a pattern that continues today.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Female shoppers dominate the customer base of the normally bustling markets in Herat, Afghanistan's western commercial hub and one of its largest cities.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
The store was on its feet within one year, expanding in two, opening branches in three, and its descendants, a great mercantile system, now dominate a large part of the area.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Spiro currently dominates, and says it has sold around 100,000 two-wheelers across the continent.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
It now dominates the market and has more than 12,000 customers, including police departments, retailers, schools and homeowners’ associations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“While the NFL dominates the U.S., the world’s passion is soccer,” Steinberg noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
More than anything, the coconut palm dominates the psyche here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
In this church capital dominates and I don’t mean chicken feed.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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It’s less well-known that this tendency exists only when the crowd is large and diverse and not dominated by a few whales.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
El Tri dominated possession but could not convert it into goals, while the English were clinical, led by Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon, Bukayo Saka and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
From the opening minute, Belgium absolutely dominated the Americans and squelched every shred of optimism the U.S. had generated among fans about their promising start to the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Borthwick was unhappy with the manner in which the Springboks dominated the aerial contest last weekend in Johannesburg.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Looking back over the full sweep of American history, one would be hard-pressed to discover a presidency more dominated by a single foreign policy problem and simultaneously more divided domestically over how to solve it.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Which is what makes this next part so terrifying for the rest of baseball: Despite all of their problems, the Dodgers aren’t just surviving—they are downright dominating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Heard about that fresh new wave of horror dominating the box office and charming even the snootiest of critics?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Phillips pointed to Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., a moderate running for Senate in North Carolina, as an example of a successful moderate dominating the polls in their state’s primary.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
While Sánchez, a former foreign trade minister, stood on a platform of broad economic reforms, Fujimori benefited from concerns over crime and political instability dominating the race.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The scarlet of the maple trees appeared in just a few brilliant spots; in a months time, the red would spread like a fever, dominating the landscape.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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