controller
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"You're coming in blind? Is that what you said?" the air traffic controller asked.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
As drivers ratchet up to Sport and Race modes on the manettino controller, the active exhaust valves allow more volume and breathy resonance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! I have lost thrust in my engine,” the pilot of the single-seat Mk.58 Hawker Hunter fighter jet communicated to an air traffic controller, according to an audio broadcast from @liveatc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
She, much like the person behind the proverbial controller, is dropped into a world quickly becoming overrun by a viral plague with no idea what to do.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
I wiggle the little controller thing—the mouse—but nothing happens then, either.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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They have become a hallmark of modern devices, with smartphones, watches and video game controllers among those containing small motors that move in response to specific electronic signals.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Because the first maneuver was so accurate, mission controllers can wait longer before making the follow-up adjustment, which is now scheduled for later this month.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The company is also providing the scalable hardware framework needed to integrate software-defined vehicle controllers for its parent auto group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Marvell refers to its custom chips as XPUs, and to the components that support them in data centers — such as networking and storage controllers — as XPU attach.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The insertion was so good that the ground controllers cleared Glenn for seven orbits.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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