rein
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It isn’t yet entirely clear who regulates prediction markets and how, and markets have regularly clashed with state officials trying to rein them in.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Since then, there have been several efforts by California lawmakers to rein in AI-generated advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Calarasi, many people blame politicians across the political spectrum for failing to rein in inflation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington was considering measures to rein in AI tools after recent cybersecurity incidents.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
A new “facilitator” takes over the therapy group to help rein things in, and keep the therapy rodeo from being overly traumatic to impressionable young minds.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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His tenure as CEO ended in mid-March when he handed the reins to Josh D’Amaro, the charismatic parks chief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Okuda took the reins of the struggling firm in 1995 as the first person from outside the founding family in decades, and pushed innovative products such as the RAV4 and Prius.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
And the company has put some of its massive cash hoard to work, for the first time since Abel took the reins.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
Burnham is taking the reins amid global "turmoil", or so says the Sun, which writes that chaos is "already engulfing the crucial issue of oil and gas drilling".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Tansy saw and slapped the reins on Siren’s rump.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
The winter resort of Trojena in the mountains of the north west has also been reined in.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
The oil giants that for years reined in fossil-fuel spending and showered investors in cash are warning the Iran war is severely tightening global oil supplies—and they are in no hurry to change course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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 gray-clothed man’s legs had speeded for a second, but he reined them down with his will and walked up the school pavement.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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There were signs that some consumers were reining in spending after years of inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“We spend a lot of time, you know, reining in clients and just being cautious.”
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The backdrop of turmoil in the Gulf and a global bond market rout has led to a reining in of Burnham's plans for reform in this area at this time.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Roy, for her part, would invite City Controller Kenneth Mejia to conduct a “liability audit” of the city attorney’s office, to find ways of reining in payouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
First step is reining in the bribe-happy airport employees.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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