dominating

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He was a quiet star in the Lakers’ first-round series win against the Houston Rockets, often guarding All-Star Alperen Sengun one-on-one and dominating the paint.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Yet the company stagnated while Amazon ate its lunch, first dominating online retailing, then entering and succeeding at a diner menu of related businesses, from logistics to cloud computing to on-demand streaming media.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The affair over Lord Mandelson's security vetting is dominating headlines during the BBC's visit to Hampton Vale.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Still, investors seem cautiously optimistic about the consumer, now that the Iran war isn’t dominating headlines.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The city was already dominating its neighbors; in 546, Yuknoom Ch’een’s apparent successor supervised the coronation of a five-year-old monarch in nearby Naranjo.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann