Example Sentences

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Britain has controlled the Chagos Islands since 1814 and evicted its inhabitants in the 1960s to make way for a military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Denmark has said it won’t give up the lightly populated island in the North Atlantic it has controlled for hundreds of years.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

‘I’m fed up’: My selfish mother-in-law has controlled me for 30 years.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

SLA-AW has controlled what locals describe as "liberated areas" for more than two decades.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

How Nazi Germany has controlled business. © 30Nov43; A177498.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office