How to Use rein in a Sentence
- He has people working for him, but he has a tight rein on every part of the process.
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This year, the have turned the reins over to the young folks.
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Vincent T. Davis,
San Antonio Express-News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Still, the Dodgers weren’t ready to hand the reins over to him.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
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These include the long rein, the airs above the ground and the quadrille.
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Sheryl Devore,
chicagotribune.com,
16 June 2021
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Guthrie kept a tight rein on the proceedings.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2026
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Abel took over the reins from Buffett at the start of the year.
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Yun Li,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
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On the labor side, too, fresh leaders took the reins.
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Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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And there appear to be no reins, either.
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Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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One of them might grab the reins, and everything could be fine.
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The cabin hadn’t changed, but the reins had been loosened.
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Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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As the stylebook reminds us, seize the reins, give free rein to, put a rein on.
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WSJ,
12 Jan. 2023
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Thanks for taking the reins while Joe is golfing.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
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The Bulls are a losing team that’s not giving him the reins.
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Fred Katz,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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The kids take the tightening reins as a threat to their freedom.
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Katie Grant,
Parents,
16 Dec. 2025
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County leaders have called for the state to take the reins of the program.
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Scott Wartman,
Cincinnati.com,
2 Apr. 2020
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Payton wants to give full rein to his quarterbacks.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2026
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An agent on horseback leans over, grabbing a man by the shirt as a rein dangles.
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Hamed Aleazizstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2022
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John Straley takes us on a wild ride, but with the reins held firmly in his able hands.
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Nancy Lord,
Anchorage Daily News,
8 Mar. 2020
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In this event, the cowboy uses a saddle and holds onto a rein with one hand.
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Tess Demeyer,
Dallas News,
2 Dec. 2020
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March 21 – April 19 Aries, grab the reins and set the pace!
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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The 2-year-old slowed to a walk and Camacho grabbed the reins with his hands.
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Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Aug. 2023
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The reins were loosened and the horse began to gallop and flare its nostrils.
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Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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What does the change mean for his son taking over the reins of the Murdoch empire?
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Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Sep. 2023
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To manage the humidity in your home, take hold of the reins on the air that comes and goes.
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Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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To manage the humidity in your home, take hold of the reins on the air that comes and goes.
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Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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To manage the humidity in your home, take hold of the reins on the air that comes and goes.
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Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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Once the cow is selected and cut from the herd, riders are no longer allowed to use the reins.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Some states with existing laws are tightening the reins.
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Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Whether the pending lawsuits can put reins on AI remains to be seen.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2024
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Former top boss Lee Feldman held the reins for seven years.
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Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Resist the urge to rein them in.
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Liz Teran,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The officials themselves may resist a chair who tries to rein them in.
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Steve Liesman,matt Peterson,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Pesina was Tobias’ friend, but talking to him had done nothing to rein him in.
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David L. Craddock,
Ars Technica,
8 Oct. 2022
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And the 74-year-old businessman shows no signs of reining it in.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
1 June 2023
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Take advantage of that before people start to rein in their spending.
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Jon Picoult,
Forbes,
7 June 2022
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Others might feel the need to rein themselves in and play the straight woman to anchor a cast of eccentrics.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 May 2023
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One local lawmaker recently filed a bill to rein them in.
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Fred Schulte,
Miami Herald,
30 Dec. 2025
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Anyone who’s drinking hot pumpkin spice lattes in a chunky sweater may need to rein it in for a little while.
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Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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And the active roll bars and Bilstein adaptive dampers rein-in body roll and keep things level.
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Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2022
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Some local and state lawmakers are even attempting to rein the agency in.
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Lautaro Grinspan,
AJC.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sparking a bipartisan rebuke to rein him in.
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ABC News,
11 Jan. 2026
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In other words, do exactly the opposite of what’s needed to rein the Fed in.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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But after misjudging inflation for most of last year, the Fed’s plan to rein it back in could backfire.
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Rachel Siegel,
Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2022
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If anything, Dobeš has reined himself in since coming to the NHL.
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Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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And then trying to find the physicality of that, and how far to push it, and how far to rein it in, and that balance, that sort of tightrope.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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In fact, the only thing that national leadership has ever done for the rest of the gang is to sort of rein them in when the optics look bad.
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Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
15 Sep. 2022
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Now, federal lawmakers are looking to rein hemp back in, but hemp advocates are fighting back.
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Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Once the debt is wiped away, what we're left with is the gnarly reality that tuition costs are out of control, with no magic bullet to rein them in.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN,
28 Aug. 2022
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Several steps should be taken to rein in the spread of Candida auris, Faust said.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA TODAY,
21 Apr. 2022
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That cleared the way for the legislature to rein in the governor's emergency powers.
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Bruce Schreiner,
ajc,
11 Sep. 2022
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Aldi reined at the top of the list in 2020, 2021 and 2023.
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Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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Climate advocacy groups have called on Biden to stay true to his pledge to rein in the production of fossil fuels.
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Jeff Stein, Anna Phillips,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 July 2022
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The effort to rein in inflation is seen as a test of his leadership and a battle that will go a long way to determining his legacy.
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Michael Steinberger,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2023
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That works against the central bank’s aim to slow spending and rein in inflation by raising rates enough to tighten the flow of money in the economy.
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Akane Otani,
WSJ,
18 Aug. 2022
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After misjudging inflation for most of past year, some experts worry the Fed’s plan to rein it back in could backfire.
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Rachel Siegel,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Oct. 2022
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May is the most reserved of the four coaches, but lets his players get emotional on the court without trying to rein them in, trusting them to play under control.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Little does Jeff know how excessive Ron’s thrill-seeking has become, nor how hard Ron’s been trying to rein it in.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Nov. 2025
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Maybe the best way to rein in excessive risk-taking is for the Fed to continue rolling back the monetary conditions that have encouraged it.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
10 Nov. 2022
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The concerns are mounting, and have forced Apple, Google and other tech giants to begin taking steps to rein in the sale of consumer data.
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Maryclaire Dale,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2022
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Rafsanjani and Khamenei became wary of the Guards’ increasing power in the late 1980s and sought to rein them in.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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