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Example Sentences
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The drop reflects actions that Chief Executive Stefan Bollinger has been taking to address lingering legacy issues and clean up the bank’s books since taking the reins last January.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Polish government will need to rein in spending and raise taxes in order to ease debts over the coming years.
Stories like these added to the frustration in Beijing, which had long been demanding that Myanmar's junta rein in the scam mafia.
From BBC
The 28-year-old will take the reins of the T20 side when Australia hosts India next month, before assuming the one-day and Test duties for their tour of the Caribbean in March.
From Barron's
When we pointed out the labor contract’s job casualties last fall, Mr. O’Brien accused us in a letter of attacking him “by name to distract from the Teamsters’ success of reining in corporate greed.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
