rein
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Since my longtime therapist’s behavioral approach had already helped rein in my personality enough to quit smoking and drinking, and marry a great guy, I decided to try his suggestion.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Roy, 34, campaigns with an aura of sunny progressive pragmatism, arguing that the city can rein in ballooning liability in part by tackling its vexing infrastructure issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
But observers say it could benefit in the future from Fed struggles to rein in prices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Amodei also said that any action to rein in AI should be done "without sacrificing commercial advantage".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Here was his choice: to pull the team hard over along the beach till he could rein them in beside the ship.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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He had already handed over the reins as chief executive to hand-picked successor Greg Abel at the end of last year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mervyn has now largely handed the reins of the farm over to one of his two sons, offering assistance when required.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
After 30 years on TV, Judge Judy is retiring and handing over the reins to her son, Judge Adam Levy, whose solo show ‘Adam’s Law’ premieres this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Apple shares rose 2.6% to $325.13 as Chief Executive Tim Cook concluded 15 years as the company’s leader, handing the reins to hardware executive John Ternus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The driver slapped his reins against the horse’s flanks, and the wagon moved away again.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Watch: "Great" or "alarming" - Should AI be reined in?
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"It's a very serious issue. It's a virus that's spread through society. Comedy, jokes and films have normalised swearing and it needs to be reined in," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
As so many staff left these labs and research centers after their projects were reined in or canceled, the upheaval is likely to linger, the scientists, many of them based in Boulder, warn.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
That debate would have triggered a discussion about the cost of runaway benefits, which would have reined in the size of benefit checks long ago.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
The coachman had already reined in the horses.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Social media giants face US$78 million fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content, Australia's prime minister said Tuesday as he unveiled draft laws reining in big tech.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
It raises some reasonable questions therefore about how to balance reining in borrowing with protecting mildly better confidence?
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Warsh will probably talk tough about reining in inflation,” the senior economist and senior currency strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But it would only take one of the big players to signal they are reining in their capital spending to change that.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
I tried reining them in, but they broke loose, night after night.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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