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Bowery would go on to create costumes with free rein for Clark’s productions and sometimes even starred in them.
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Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
One is the Munich agreement of 1938 that gave Hitler free rein to continue Nazi aggression against allies that were neither armed nor ready for war against a fully militarized society.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The credulity-straining penultimate episode, in which the pair are given free rein by the night staff at the hospital to go to town on each other, is saved by their chemistry alone.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Sassoon, a Republican, said the deal amounted to a quid pro quo, one that would see Adams let off the hook in exchange for giving Trump free rein to target New York City’s immigrant communities.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
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Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
One is the Munich agreement of 1938 that gave Hitler free rein to continue Nazi aggression against allies that were neither armed nor ready for war against a fully militarized society.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The credulity-straining penultimate episode, in which the pair are given free rein by the night staff at the hospital to go to town on each other, is saved by their chemistry alone.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Sassoon, a Republican, said the deal amounted to a quid pro quo, one that would see Adams let off the hook in exchange for giving Trump free rein to target New York City’s immigrant communities.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Free rein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20rein. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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