The ruled mass.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : Higher prices ruled throughout France.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to rule the empire with severity. ,The judge ruled that he should be exiled. ,to rule paper. ,to rule lines on paper. ,For centuries, England ruled the seas.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : the rules of chess. ,the Franciscan rule. ,the rule rather than the exception. ,under the rule of a dictator. ,during the rule of George III.    From Dictionary.com. 

For one game, Cleveland ruled from the three-point line.    From Wordnik.com.  [James' triple-double lifts Cavs past Magic 112-102 in Game 5] Reference

Educated mainly at missionary schools in Portuguese-ruled.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Ne Win ruled for nearly 26 years, bringing in harsh reforms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myanmar (Burma)] Reference

Andre Agassi once again ruled out a return to Davis Cup action.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Agassi, Capriati, Williamses cruise; Roddick ousted] Reference

Replay officials again ruled in New York's favor and disallowed the tally.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Transcending: It is crucial to go beyond the domain ruled by the divided self.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deepak Chopra: How to Dispel Darkness (Part 2)] Reference

When Britain ruled the world, Liberals wanted less empire and balanced budgets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit] Reference

In reality, Rosenzweig hailed from Plotsk, a shtetl 60 miles from Warsaw in Russian-ruled Poland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tablet Magazine] Reference

The 18 children whose cases Griffin ruled on Tuesday include eight girls and 10 boys from five families.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judge upholds removal of kids from Tony Alamo followers] Reference

Acting judge Nigel Rein ruled against Thomas and ordered him to hand over the plane for the agreed amount.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 3rd, 2007] Reference

Ritzenhein ruled the distances, ending his career with two national titles in cross country and two in the 2-mile.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Runners with high hopes come up empty] Reference

We hope you will let yourself be inspired and remember the old days when curtain ruled the world of indoor arrangements.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASCII Code Curtains] Reference

In no part of Oceania do the inhabitants have the feeling that they are a colonial population ruled from a distant capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nineteen Eighty-Four] Reference

Goodwin ruled it was a weapon that is forbidden on school property under Lansingburgh's "zero-tolerance" policy on weapons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Student Fights Suspension Over Knife] Reference

ANd if never having ruled from the bench was a disqualification, I dare say many of the current justices would not be on the court today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Gerry Alexander: Awful Chief Justice, dirty campaigner] Reference

Before the war, Great Britain ruled the Middle Eastern petroleum deposits — ESSENTIAL to modern industry as the Texas oil fields ran out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » In Defense of Stimulus Waste] Reference

The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mueller on Iraq, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Judge Kurt J. Lewin ruled that the Alpine Village restaurant was in conflict with the First Amendment to the Constitution.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Strange Consequences of Public Accommodations Laws] Reference

Suntag ruled that proper procedure was followed, however.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bennington Banner Most Viewed] Reference

At this time the King of France was mad, so the Dauphin ruled.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference

Besides, the transformation buzzword ruled out any need for large force structures.    From Wordnik.com.  [IAGblog] Reference

And, as the Cobb judge ruled, that is enough right there to kill it as unconstitutional.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dover school board member Heather Geesey: "You can teach creationism without its being Christianity," - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

And of course, as you kind of ruled out family lending.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2008] Reference

Of course, in Herod's type, "ruled" was a relative term.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 8, 2007] Reference

"rulers" and "ruled" -- but in an exalted sense -- in the new form of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement.] Reference

The firm was all about servicing clients, investment bankers kind of ruled the place.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2009] Reference

The ocean-atmosphere system is not a simple one that can be "ruled" by a trace atmospheric gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harold Ambler: Mr. Gore: Apology Accepted] Reference

Cancer is 'ruled' by the Moon, this is an especially significant full moon, aside from the eclipse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capricorn Full Moon Eclipse 2009] Reference

When they took a point guard, I kind of ruled myself out.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

I am a conservative, and I do not intend to be "ruled" by anyone or any political party.    From Wordnik.com.  [KeysNews.com -] Reference