controlled

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“If transit is funneled through a smaller, controlled portion of the strait, you’re not stopping barrels, but you are constraining them — creating friction and likely reducing overall throughput.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

They added there is also the question of whether Gulf countries would be willing to send tankers through the strait under a process controlled by Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Put simply, most of the world's high-end, powerful computer chips - the ones used by Silicon Valley firms to fuel the creation of LLMs - are controlled by America.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The rover is currently collecting data and deployed the agency’s Ingenuity helicopter, which became the first craft to conduct a controlled flight on another planet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

As the campaign of 1880 began, the Democratic Party controlled the majority of votes in the South.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow