give rein to

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After they parted company — she accused him of physical abuse and financial mismanagement, both of which he denied — she was able to give rein to her better angels.

From Los Angeles Times

The show, which opened Friday as part of her Lady Gaga’s residency at the Park Theater in the rebooted Park MGM hotel and resort, is also only half the story of Gaga’s arrival in Sin City: She’s scheduled to give rein to her more sensitive side with Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano, which premieres Jan. 20 and which she’ll alternate with Enigma over the course of what’s been announced as a two-year engagement.

From Los Angeles Times

“Enigma,” of course, is only half the story of Gaga’s arrival in Sin City: She’s scheduled to give rein to her more sensitive side with “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano,” which premieres Jan. 20 and which she’ll alternate with “Enigma” over the course of what’s been announced as a two-year engagement.

From Los Angeles Times

Give rein to your creative impulses.

From Seattle Times

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, one of the most respected social and political commentators in India, wrote that the judgment “will be remembered in infamy as one of those decisions that, like Dred Scott, show how liberal democracies can sometimes give rein to a regime of oppression and discrimination under the imprimatur of law.”

From New York Times