control
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Example Sentences
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She believes the change will bring much-needed controls and help ensure that her well, and those of others in her community of about 1,100, will be protected.
From Los Angeles Times
He sees this research not as the next frontier of coercive mind control but as another way to alleviate mental suffering, alongside medications and cognitive therapies.
From Los Angeles Times
Navy to “control sea lanes,” and use “tariffs and reciprocal trade agreements as powerful tools” to make the Western Hemisphere “an increasingly attractive market for American commerce.”
From Salon
Saudi Arabia warned separatists in neighbouring Yemen on Saturday to stand down their forces and to return control of recently captured territory to the control of the Riyadh-backed government.
From Barron's
"But England played really well today. We probably controlled the first half of the game, all yesterday, and then they came back into play today and took the game away from us."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
