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They also acquired veteran quarterback Geno Smith, who had worked with Carroll in Seattle, to take the reins at quarterback.
He started off as the second-string quarterback, but when starter Austin Simmons hurt his ankle in the second week of the season, Chambliss grabbed the reins.
He had turned the ship around and could have handed the reins to a more meticulous leader capable of taking England to the next level.
From BBC
The same year Bonham took the reins of the agency, the first gray wolf the state had hosted in nearly a century wandered in from Oregon.
From Los Angeles Times
Myanmar's military has ruled the Southeast Asian country for most of its post-independence history, before a 10-year interlude saw a civilian government take the reins in a burst of optimism and reform.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
