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control

verb as in curb, hold back

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The officer went to the control room of Buckingham Palace, where he admitted that he had dropped the magazine, explaining that he had felt "stupid, ashamed and embarrassed" since the incident.

Bell's palsy is a type of paralysis that temporarily affects the ability to control the facial muscles.

The court heard that the boy had then "completely lost control", raining punches on Mr Rollinson's head and body, before being pulled away by another youth.

Their pledges are all in keeping with Trump’s broader promise to dismantle much of the federal bureaucracy and bring what remains under his personal control.

Voters also adamantly rejected Proposition 33 to boost local governments’ power to control rents — meaning what owners of rentals could charge tenants.

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Control is either power or influence applied to the complete and successful direction or manipulation of persons or things: to be in control of a project. Authority is a power or right, usually because of rank or office, to issue commands and to punish for violations: to have authority over subordinates. Influence is a personal and unofficial power derived from deference of others to one’s character, ability, or station; it may be exerted unconsciously or may operate through persuasion: to have influence over one’s friends.