govern

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For years, Hollywood executives have treated China as a tantalizing but unreliable prize: a massive audience that could supercharge a blockbuster’s global haul, yet one governed by opaque rules, shifting tastes and sudden political constraints.

From MarketWatch

By fall, he was openly embracing the governing roadmap by name.

From Salon

Before Opal, the upper school did not have a policy governing phone usage, with teachers allowed to set their own class rules.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Miller said school leaders, the governing body and the county council had worked throughout the Christmas period to find a solution for all the children.

From BBC

Under the provisions of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, regulations governing the flag had become "a transferred prerogative matter", precluding Her Majesty's "command on flags … having any legal effect in Northern Ireland".

From BBC