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rein

noun as in restraint, control

verb as in restrain, control

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Dickinson admits that he could have “gone weirder with it,” but was reined in by his collaborators.

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"It's legitimate for the government to say we will take a tighter view, as a proper, reasoned, good faith attempt to rein in what we think Article 8 covers and what it doesn't."

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Whilst the former PM waged war with unions and state-backed industry, he said the Tories today should look to rein in the "lanyard classes" running government bodies "constraining the growth of enterprise".

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Merino previously spent a season at Newcastle, but there was no chance of the Spaniard reining in his celebration as he punched the air.

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The settlement is among one of the largest FTC settlements and is another example of how the federal government has been trying to rein in the power wielded by Big Tech.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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