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Previously, the company sold sports agency IMG, hospitality company On Location and Professional Bull Riders to TKO Group Holdings, a different company that is also controlled by Endeavor Group Holdings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
This means scramblers or quadbikes will only be used for agricultural purposes and for controlled licenced sports events.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Parts of what is now Iran’s coastline was controlled in the 1800s by a dynasty based in the present-day U.A.E.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The team also discovered that the orientation of nanoscrolls in solution can be controlled using an electric field.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
But Bill knew that Grammer, whom the Osage Chief called the “county’s most notorious character,” possessed secrets and controlled an unseen world.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.