reins
Example Sentences
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Any talk of changing the rules, salary cap or otherwise, to put reins on this kind of success would propagate underperformance and penalize this fascinating culture of constant improvement.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Schulman stepped down in 2023, handing the reins to Intuit executive Alex Chriss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
It was only last month that former Schindler executive Silvio Napoli took the reins as CEO.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Clicking his tongue, the stranger tugs his reins left, guiding his horse away.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
