control the affairs of
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If you decide to give temporary guardianship of your child over to another person, you are allowing another party to protect and control the affairs of your child.
From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 12, 2018
These boards still exist, and control the affairs of the institutions, having full powers but subject to such regulation as the state may direct.
From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry
A committee is appointed to control the affairs of the union, and officials to carry out its wishes.
From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)
He says he is no longer able to control the affairs of state.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Bishop, Julia Truitt
How is it possible that Dummling, who is not at all wise, could control the affairs of an important kingdom?
From Grimm's Fairy Stories by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
