free rein
Example Sentences
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But others allow the companies free rein, according to state regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
“One of the things I knew going into the project is that we weren’t going to have free rein access to them at every minute, every second of their time in Los Angeles,” he said.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026
But a bigger majority in parliament could give her coalition free rein for expansionary fiscal policy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
"I got free rein on the internet basically. So I think that for me, the damage has already been done."
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
“Didn’t you say that the whole affair had been bungled, and that you should have been given a free rein from the first?”
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
