govern
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For, as Madison said, “if men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
As they’ve grown in popularity, prediction-market platforms have become sports betting vehicles, exempt from the state regulations that govern more traditional sportsbooks.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
States have exclusive authority to govern and administer state and local elections.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
“The big question for me is how to teach students to govern their own attention, judgment and thought in a society that increasingly treats them as extractable resources,” Senk said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
It was thought that a similar equation would govern the proton, which was the only other particle known at the time, and that would be the end of theoretical physics.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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