controlled

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Opening the batting is hard and he looked controlled.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Pasadena officials are warning that residents may hear helicopters, controlled explosions and simulated weapons fire as the U.S. military conducts a training exercise in the northeast area of the city Wednesday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

But until now the Ebola epidemic has been confined to areas within government reach or controlled by a relatively well-organized rebel group called M23.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The northern armies controlled much of the homeland of the Dinka.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau