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At the same time, live events seem to have stayed steady despite a prolonged period of reduced consumer sentiment, during which media companies typically get hammered as customers seek to rein in spending.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

“One of the things I knew going into the project is that we weren’t going to have free rein access to them at every minute, every second of their time in Los Angeles,” he said.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

The government worked to rein in Wall Street, from trustbusting to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and the Glass-Steagall Act of 1932, which split investment banking from commercial banking.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In recent years, public companies, which account for the bulk of U.S. production, have been asked by Wall Street to rein in spending and instead return cash to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

All in all, it seemed to Penelope that a modest amount of optimism could safely be given free rein.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood