rein
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He has not yet seen it go further than that to a true portion of their portfolios, but he has had to rein clients back in when they go too far.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
That bet has paid off as a wider range of models has gained traction—including cheaper Chinese offerings like Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3—and as businesses look to rein in AI costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It isn’t yet entirely clear who regulates prediction markets and how, and markets have regularly clashed with state officials trying to rein them in.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Since then, there have been several efforts by California lawmakers to rein in AI-generated advertising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Her mama kept a tight rein on her and I wasn’t too sure that her mother liked me, but I came up most weekends or days that I had off.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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His tenure as CEO ended in mid-March when he handed the reins to Josh D’Amaro, the charismatic parks chief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Okuda took the reins of the struggling firm in 1995 as the first person from outside the founding family in decades, and pushed innovative products such as the RAV4 and Prius.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Since taking the reins at the Fed, Chair Kevin Warsh has talked tough on inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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
Razi pulled the reins to turn left at the statue of the queen.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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At the same time, the performance of the cars is also kept under consideration, and when rules change, this tends to be reined in a little, to ensure speeds do not get out of balance.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
That debate would have triggered a discussion about the cost of runaway benefits, which would have reined in the size of benefit checks long ago.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
Charlie Collier, president of Roku Media, and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Dan Jedda, who joined in 2022 and 2023, respectively, have reined in wasteful spending and shifted toward areas with bigger returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Over the past year, demand for healthcare workers has quietly propped up the labor market as other sectors reined in hiring or even shed jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Outside the main gate he reined up, and one of his men shouted for the castle to open.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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It still worked through a to-do list that included everything from menu changes to reining in corporate expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“We spend a lot of time, you know, reining in clients and just being cautious.”
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The backdrop of turmoil in the Gulf and a global bond market rout has led to a reining in of Burnham's plans for reform in this area at this time.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Roy, for her part, would invite City Controller Kenneth Mejia to conduct a “liability audit” of the city attorney’s office, to find ways of reining in payouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
I tried reining them in, but they broke loose, night after night.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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