controller
Example Sentences
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“But if he’s taking out the GM of a plant or controller and they’ve gone off and ordered Champagne for everybody, then you go, oh look, that’s a conversation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“We’re going to be addressing that, because that was not good,” the air traffic controller responded.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
An air traffic controller was heard saying: "'Truck One, stop, stop, stop!" seconds before the crash.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
First controller: "Yeah, I know. I was here. I tried to reach out to my staff. And we were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up."
From Barron's • Mar. 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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