controlled

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Standard Oil at its peak controlled 90% of the U.S. crude market.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

While there was progress in some areas, the military continued to hold a quarter of parliamentary seats and controlled key ministries including defence, home affairs and border affairs.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

For 13 years until 2021, Spears was in a conservatorship – a legal guardianship under which her finances and personal life were controlled by her father.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Their effectiveness depends on a tightly controlled contact point called the "immune synapse," where they release toxic molecules that destroy the target while leaving surrounding healthy cells unharmed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

And it just so happened that she was married to Hale’s nephew Ernest, a man who, as an agent wrote in a report, “is absolutely controlled by Hale.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann