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[guhv-ern] / ˈgʌv ərn /




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She would go on to govern for 15 years, turning the TMC into India's most successful regional party and herself into one of the country's most formidable opposition politicians.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

North Dakota is one of the few states with a multimember system, where two representatives and one senator govern together in the same district.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

The team plans to expand the work by studying more realistic mixtures of materials, with the goal of better capturing the complex processes that govern fallout formation during real-world nuclear events.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

“It’s like trying to govern with a pistol pointed at your neck,” said former lawmaker Juan Contreras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

‘He can govern man and beast. He will make it yet.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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