controlling
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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
Earlier this year Rupert Murdoch, the controlling shareholder of Fox, expressed his concerns about the matter to President Donald Trump at a dinner at the White House, the Wall Street Journal reported last week.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 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
One of Turner’s biggest gambles—and most humbling moments in business—came in the mid-1980s when TBS purchased MGM from controlling owner Kirk Kerkorian.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The atom provides an organizing principle for modern physics—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling matter and energy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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