reins

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Manifold managed the process to find new CEO Meg O’Neill, who took the reins in April, and investors were buying into BP’s strategic reset.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Esa-Pekka Salonen took the reins in 1992 at 34.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Warsh would need to persuade his colleagues at the Fed to lay off the reins, but a growing group of Fed officials has become more anxious about rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

With Kevin Warsh taking hold of the Fed’s reins, he becomes just the 10th chair of the U.S. central bank since 1948 and just the third in the past 20 years.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

I yelled, pulling the reins as hard as I could.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda