How to Use under control in a Sentence

under control

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  • The fire took about an hour to get under control.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Porzingis was adamant his health is now under control.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Crews then brought the fire under control.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The source says a small fire has been contained and is under control.
    Justin Papp,pippa Stevens,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,lee Ying Shan,vinay Dwivedi, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • By then, the fire had been largely brought under control.
    Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The clean edge makes hair look thicker and helps keep frizz under control.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Using three hose lines, the fire was brought under control in less than an hour.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The goal is to keep symptoms under control.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is the first step in a long process to be able to get our budget back under control.
    Nbc News, NBC news, 8 June 2025
  • The fire is not under control and the public is advised to avoid the area.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
  • That shot keeps my disease under control.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • This was a time when some of his impulses were under control.
    Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Biden has singled out insulin as a cost that needs to be brought under control.
    Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Trump has promised to get the cost of living under control by shaking things up.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ready to take the first step to getting your finances under control?
    Cortlynn Stark, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Firefighters took about half an hour to bring the fire under control.
    CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • The fire took about 35 minutes to put out and get under control.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
  • Crews responded to the scene to bring the blaze under control.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • This portion of the fire is now under control, the county said.
    Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • It’s been struggle to keep the scams under control, Capó said.
    Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The ordeal took roughly two hours to get under control.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Boyle said the blaze was brought under control in about 40 minutes.
    Joe Brandt, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The fire was declared under control within about an hour.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Images from the site showed the charred shell of the bus after the fire was brought under control.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The blaze was brought under control in about 30 minutes.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
  • State media later said the fire was under control.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
  • More than a dozen personnel were called to the scene and the flames were under control in about a half hour.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Locals have been told to avoid the area until the flames are fully under control.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Fire crews worked for hours to bring the blaze under control as smoke and ash spread through downtown Rome.
    Cbs News Atlanta Digital Staff, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Shop owner Andy Emery did his best to keep things under control.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025

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