Control and Jockey

Control

Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

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Jockey and control are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jockey" instead a verb "Control".

Jockey verb - Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.

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Control and jockey are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Control" instead a verb "Jockey".

Nearby Words: jock, jockeyed, jockeying

better	better control	better jockey
original	original control	original jockey
real	real control	real jockey
sole	sole control	sole jockey
Other adjectives: temporary, local.

The "Conner was attacked by giant lizard-things" speech in "Wave Goodbye" sounds downright COCKNEY as the Kiwi and American accents jockey for control.

Source: Fake American / Live-Action TV
The Miami cartel, the Detroit Mob, and the latter's Dixie Mafia subsidiary all have their tentacles in the region, further worsening the violence and the crime rate, as different factions within them jockey with each other and local criminals for control of the county.

Source: Wretched Hive
Rewrite: An Easter Egg in "Rampart" (obtained by shooting the pilot's head in the control room) shows that the Space Jockey/Engineer ship was downed by a craft similar to the one seen in the opening of Prometheus, despite the pilot shown laying dead from a chestbuster rupture in the original film.

Source: Video Game / Aliens: Colonial Marines

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