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A comedy of offensive errors in the second quarter, with the ball on the one-yard line, destroyed Mater Dei coach Raul Lara’s plan for a controlled performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Deep within the planet's magnetosphere, the vast region controlled by its magnetic field, scientists were witnessing something they had never directly measured before.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
She added she'd like Wales to have further powers over policing and justice - a policy area currently controlled by Westminster.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
A State Department report shows the U.S. released over $12 billion in oil revenue to Venezuela, returning nearly 99% of the funds it controlled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The controlled binding and unbinding of iron and oxygen—the cyclical rusting and unrusting of blood—allows effective oxygen delivery into tissues.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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