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• Just like that, the Rays were in control again with a 10-6 lead.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
• Rapinoe stepped up to the penalty spot with the U.S. in control, up 3-2 in the shootout.
  — Andrew Laub, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The Grizzlies were in control most of the game and held a 12-point lead in the third quarter.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• The Rays remain firmly in control of the top wild-card spot and have won eight of 10.
  — Brian Dulik, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• This can put you more in control of your data and who gets to look at it.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
• Bonds are in control as the long end of the yield curve keeps going higher.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
• But when the playoffs open, the Kings again will be in control of their own outcome.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• Soon after, Orr and Ahearn roped back-to-back hits that drove in four runs and put the South Team in control.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024
• The mom of seven also came up with the top answer on the board and remained in control of the game.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 July 2024
• And the ones who will find an audience will be more in control of their fate.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• On the climb, employees are in control of their own goals.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• These are no damsels in distress; these are femmes in control.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
• People in the grip of an addiction are, in a sense, not in control of their own lives.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• The Celtics were in control for most of the night, but did struggle to deliver the final blow.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• So we should be completely used to the idea of not being in control in that way.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• Stay on target and in control, and success will be yours.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
• She’s always been in control — of her image, her life and her body.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2023
• Quinn Ewers looks in control right now, along with the defense.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• This one was from one-yard out, and the Sabercats went from in control to total control, up 30-16.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
• Brittany is in control of their left arm and leg, while Abby controls the right.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• Brittany is in control of their left arm and leg, while Abby controls the right.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
• But this time, her muse has changed — she’s no longer consumed by darkness but in control of it.
  — Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
• As of now, Ukraine’s sneak attack may have disrupted the idea that Russia — and Putin — is in control of the war.
  — Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
• In left-handers, the right hemisphere is in control of the dominant hand.
  — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
• From that point onwards, the Gunners were in control and got their deserved opening goal in the 20th minute.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
• The men in pink pressed the Monterrey midfield the rest of the half and were in control of the game heading to intermission.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
• Happy birthday to the Scorpios who are in control right now.
  — Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
• Still, the Tigers were in control with a 3-0 lead heading into the final four innings.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
• The Commanders are still in control of their potential postseason destiny, but the road ahead, which seemed so clear at 7-2, has gotten cloudy and cold and bleak all of a sudden at 7-5.
  — David Aldridge, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
• While Democrats have expressed an appetite for immigration reform, the president-elect's signature campaign promise wouldn't make it through the lower chamber if the left is in control.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024