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

Ex-Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will take the reins from four-time World Series champion Bruce Bochy, who did not return as the club’s skipper.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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

She tugged on his reins, but Dodger didn’t budge.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz