control
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When Mary shows up unexpectedly, asking Sam for the two things she won’t provide — forgiveness and a dress — the pair slowly find their bond regenerating, pulled back together by forces outside their control.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Does referee case show Fifa has lost control of its own World Cup?
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
TensorWave plans to use the capital to scale up operations, add data centers and buy equipment to challenge Nvidia’s market control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
A major question now is whether the distributed neural control observed in fruit flies is also found in other animals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
She was too tough, too strong, too in control to let something like this happen.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing control
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Scientific Method
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The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method
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