controlled
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In 2024, the Atlantic Council think tank estimated that China controlled 90% of the U.S. drone market and 80% of the global market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
A nonstop pipeline of carefully controlled information, as well as people to look up and listen to, is deemed—by the leaders behind this fictional authoritarian society—to be the best way to control the people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The teenager behind the kit is locked into “Driven to Tears,” the Police’s reggae-charged protest song, channeling its sharp, syncopated beats with controlled fury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Lar gibbons are small apes native to south-east Asia whose international trade is tightly controlled.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The voice simply floated overhead like a movie narrator’s, as if a single mind controlled all the creatures.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
