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Fifteen years earlier, Montezemolo was the young Ferrari team manager who had engineered the Prancing Horse’s last run of Formula One dominance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He did not specify who the Kremlin believed had engineered the violence, or why.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

In 2016, when he played for the Detroit Lions, Stafford had engineered a comeback victory over the Colts.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Shown the report from the Tehran radio, the Shah said it appeared that the Iranian military had engineered the overthrow.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

And the two sister-grandmothers, who had engineered the match between their closely related children and had then suffered agonies of doubt and guilt, drew breath again.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks