reins

Example Sentences

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Asking for help and paying for advice are not the same as handing over the reins to somebody else.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

It had echoes of Michael Vaughan galvanising the white-ball team in 2003, prompting Nasser Hussain to hand the Test reins to Vaughan.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“I feel like I’m trying to hold the reins on something I can’t really control.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The military has ruled Myanmar for most of its post-independence history, before a decade-long democratic thaw saw civilian leader Suu Kyi take the reins.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

When Francois Duvalier, known as “Papa Doc,” died of a heart attack in 1971, his nineteen-year-old son, Jean-Claude Duvalier, took over the reins of power and became known as “Baby Doc.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French