How to Use under the control of in a Sentence
under the control of
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The Guard has since been placed under the control of the army.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The ones under the control of al-Shabab may have none.
—CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Since then, the office has been under the control of the county mayor.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
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Israel launched an airstrike on a Yemeni port under the control of the Houthis.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 July 2024
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Like much of Sagaing, the area is not under the control of the military junta.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
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Some winds up at the central bank of Afghanistan, which is under the control of the Taliban.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
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There are dozens, if not hundreds, of smaller clocks under the control of this master clock at work in cells and tissues.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
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All press and publication are under the control of martial law.
—Billal Rahman, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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The exact cause is still unclear, but the dam was under the control of Russian soldiers at the time.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024
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When it was discovered, the area was under the control of the Bourbon dynasty.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2024
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Women in Napoleon’s France were restricted to the home, under the control of the men in it.
—Mary Gabriel, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
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That said, Greenland is, and has been, under the control of a longstanding and amenable ally.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Much of Syria’s oil wealth is also now under the control of the government for the first time in more than a decade.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
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The city remained under the control of its mayor and police department.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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For years on Maduro's watch, the Aragua jail operated under the control of its own inmates.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
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The island was off-limits during the communist era and has remained so under the control of the defense ministry.
—The Dial, 12 June 2025
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Resident Ali Bashir said the city was under the control of the army, including the airport.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
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The regime’s first line of defense in times of internal crisis is its goon squad, the Basij, which is under the control of the Guards.
—Eric Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
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The ship at the time of the failure was under the control of an apprentice pilot, who was accompanied by a senior pilot.
—Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
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Those areas of rich farmland are claimed by both Amhara and Tigray but are currently under the control of Amhara.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
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Prosecutors in the indictment allege the two women are still under the control of the Tates.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 21 May 2024
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Now under the control of Syria’s new rebel coalition, there were clear signs that the prison that held Ahmad had been abandoned in a hurry.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Its board of directors was disbanded and the small agency moved under the control of the treasurer on June 1.
—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
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The neighborhood is largely under the control of the RSF, but fierce battles have raged there every day.
—Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
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Carried into the enterprise each day while largely under the control of the user and outside the full reach of IT.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The boundary leaves Gaza's border zone under the control of Israel's military, while the area beyond it is meant to serve as a safe zone.
—CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
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And this is -- this is the Syrian state TV and radio which is now under the control of the opposition.
—ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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When the fighting was done, Jurf al-Nasr remained under the control of Khataib Hezbollah.
—Alissa J. Rubin Emily Garthwaite, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
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As with the other two lawsuits, a judge has put the scheme under the control of a receiver, according to the FTC.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
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At the time of the Glen Affric tartan’s creation, the bog where it was later found was under the control of Clan Chisholm.
—Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
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