rein
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Since my longtime therapist’s behavioral approach had already helped rein in my personality enough to quit smoking and drinking, and marry a great guy, I decided to try his suggestion.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
"We're going to encourage it, not rein it in," he told the UN General Assembly.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The move deals a blow to a grassroots coalition that included tribes, environmentalists and mountain bikers, some of whom have fought for decades to rein in logging at Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
But legislative efforts to rein in various trusts have languished, and interest in GRATs has surged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
I accepted the invisible rein she was holding out, and then we were off, riding up and down the fence, sometimes cantering, sometimes at a gallop.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The company then said JDE Peet’s boss Rafael Oliveira would lead the spinoff, but Oliveira left to take the reins at Dutch brewer Heineken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Esparza, who officially takes the reins as president Thursday, could not immediately be reached for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He had already handed over the reins as chief executive to hand-picked successor Greg Abel at the end of last year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
At Versace, Vitale was also the first non-family member to oversee design, taking the reins from Donatella Versace -- sister of founder Gianni Versace -- in April 2025.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Penelope could not have been more surprised if Agatha Swanburne herself were holding the reins.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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They joined remotely to warn about the dangerous scenarios that they see coming if an AI arms race doesn’t get reined in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
You reined in your spending, but many people have trouble making their rent and paying for food and transportation without exceeding their income.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Chuck Parson was pretty horrible in all those years before he’d been reined in.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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He also calls for reining in wasteful government spending while protecting essential social services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
While they are both earning, the cost of energy is continuing to place pressure on the household income, and they are reining in family experiences.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
There were signs that some consumers were reining in spending after years of inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But it would only take one of the big players to signal they are reining in their capital spending to change that.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
What Grandpa would of really enjoyed, haw, was the sight of Mr. Birdsong reining in the black horses pulling his ambulance-hearse just as our procession turned into the street!
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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