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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.

From BBC

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.

Today, despite the efforts of Congress after Watergate to rein in future presidents, their good faith reliance on norms and rules was clearly not enough.

From Salon

Hansard relied on that sure-footedness in the studio where Irglová “cut to the chase” and reined in his tendency to tinker and noodle — a tactic his band The Frames indulged in when not on hiatus.

"We need to rein in spending. We need to find efficiencies," Carney has said.

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

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