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He set the Dodgers up for a 5-3 victory to take control of the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Before the formation of Canada, the US had attempted to invade British North American colonies, taking control of Montreal in 1775 and nearly conquering Quebec City.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The foes have traded strikes since the Houthis seized all of Yemen's Red Sea coast and took control of the Bab al-Mandab strait in a lightning offensive.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Dan Driscoll, who until recently served as Army secretary, has cited Ukraine’s success in developing its own command and control system optimized for drone warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Remember, when you feel like things are spiraling out of control, breathe in, hold for five seconds, and then out.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The government, based in the city of Aden, controls much of the country's south and east -- a region that is larger but much less populated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
By its own estimates, it controls around half of the U.S. frozen single-serve meal market when measured by volume, or the amount of items sold.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Kevin Boyd, a technician for the plane maker who started his career as a machinist, said Boeing’s processes and controls take years to learn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Delek Group controls Ithaca Energy, which holds a 20% stake in Rosebank.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
When Dusya didn’t answer, Irina took over the dual controls.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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She said she finds it "really sad" because looking like AI models is completely unobtainable, she believes the only option to prevent harm is for AI to be controlled.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Researchers at Oxford Population Health have found that high blood pressure is going undetected or remains poorly controlled in a large share of adults in England.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
These attacks, plus a long list of murders of expatriates in Europe, happened when the oft-described “pragmatist,” Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani still dominated Tehran and controlled the Intelligence Ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
What could have been a grand welcome has become a gated off, highly controlled space that now feels separate from the park and the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Viet Cong controlled the village down the road, the man explained.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Restrictions aimed at controlling bluetongue, a virus that affects sheep, cattle and other livestock, are now in force across the whole of Scotland.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“The facts provided by Jane Doe’s statement do not allege that she was either rendered incapable of controlling her own conduct or that any drug was administered to her without her consent.”
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
As more qubits are added, controlling those errors becomes increasingly difficult, making scalability one of the central challenges in quantum computing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Le Monde said Starmer's successor Andy Burnham had pressed Macron during talks in September to keep the deal alive but "Paris was in a hurry to end the cooperation on controlling migrant flows."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
I fired my avatar’s jet boots just before I hit the ground, then quickly adjusted my immersion rig’s control setup, because I was now controlling my avatar instead of a giant robot.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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The Scientific Method
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The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method
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