commanded

Almost certainly, it was commanded to fire its thrusters in the mid-1970s to take it westwards.

But as a demonstration of the musical intelligence that Jones and Jackson commanded together in the studio, the album’s astonishing opener — again with the opener! — simply has no equal.

In testament to the respect Jones commanded, when Barack Obama was exploring a presidential bid, one of his first stops in Southern California was the producer’s Bel-Air estate.

I’d been told God commanded me to meet his needs, for casseroles and otherwise.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference – the right-wing confab typically held near Washington, DC but relocated to Orlando, Florida, due to Covid restrictions – the former president demonstrated that he still commanded the loyalty of the Republican base.