How to Use take the reins in a Sentence
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Word out of Green Bay is Love is ready to take the reins.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
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Guest bartenders take the reins here, and the soundtrack is heavy on hip-hop.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
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During the game, Atkinson let his players take the reins a bit.
—Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
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There was no flashy sign-on, no new local DJ to take the reins as the frequency changed hands.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
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Hand select samples and full-sized products or let the brand's experts take the reins for you based on an in-depth quiz.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
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But starting in 2018, the family decided to take the reins.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
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Jon Stewart sat behind the satirical news desk until 2015, when Noah was tapped to take the reins.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2023
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By weekend’s end, the quarterback Riley once expected to take the reins was on his way out.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
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So to take the reins 20 years later and get to try my own version of this guy is really meaningful and special.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
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That said, the coaching staff never appeared to put their full confidence in Conover to truly take the reins after Hall left.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
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So Islas, named captain before the turmoil, decided to help take the reins.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
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Will the Frogs land a capable quarterback in the transfer portal or will Chandler Morris take the reins in 2023?
—Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
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The current thinking is that business leaders educated abroad might be the right fit to take the reins of civil affairs in Gaza.
—Anna Schecter, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
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Let Stanley Tucci take the reins with this best-selling foray into Italian food.
—John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
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New associate head coach and defensive coordinator Jay Hill was at the bowl game, awaiting his turn to take the reins of this team.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
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That’s a sentiment shared by other former Wildcats watching their ex-assistant coach take the reins at their rival.
—Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2022
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Hogue, the insurance analyst, suggests that consumers take the reins and compare choices on HealthCare.gov, perhaps with the help of a navigator or broker.
—Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
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The Sister Wives star, 52, opened up about how a recent road trip inspired her to take the reins after a challenging few years that included her separation from husband Kody Brown.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
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Phil Jurkovec comes to Pittsburgh to take the reins at quarterback after a productive but injury-plagued career at Boston College.
—USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
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Although there is no evidence yet that there will be any clear indication of a successor, many will be watching for signs about who might eventually take the reins from Xi.
—Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2022
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The hearing marked a turning point in Amtrak’s attempt to take the reins of the station’s operations and management to pursue multibillion-dollar investments.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
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Truss, who is expected to take the reins from Johnson after his government collapsed under a pile of scandals earlier this summer, has vowed to jumpstart the economy by slashing taxes.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
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That's exactly why romance reality skeptic and Grammy Award-winning artist Jennifer Nettles decided to take the reins as host.
—Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
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But he is set to take the reins of an institution under scrutiny over corruption allegations and a slow-moving counteroffensive in Ukraine’s southeast.
—Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
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Sting has become the latest musician to sell his musical catalog, allowing Universal to take the reins in a deal reportedly worth nearly $300 million.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 10 Feb. 2022
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