govern
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Weakening the NIH could undermine America’s place in fast-moving fields like AI-biotech research, narrowing its global influence over the very rules and norms that will govern the future.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Governments govern people and infrastructure within defined geography.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
That would eventually be granted - and after 19 years in power, the party is now trying to renew itself in office and prove that it still has the energy and ideas to govern.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
They represent the United States, and their obligation, by statute, by tradition, and by the ethical rules that govern every attorney who stands in a federal courtroom, is to seek justice.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
But it would also revolutionize the ordinary person’s understanding of the laws that govern the universe.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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