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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.
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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
Trump’s pursuit of territorial expansion, seeking to annex Greenland and recover the Panama Canal, could give free rein to other expansionist powers, namely Russia and China.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Many children who were dependent on USAID for food could die as Trump has made Elon Musk, accountable to no one with free rein to gut USAID as a cost-cutting measure, despite its being a mere fraction of the federal budget.
—Darin Stewart, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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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
Trump’s pursuit of territorial expansion, seeking to annex Greenland and recover the Panama Canal, could give free rein to other expansionist powers, namely Russia and China.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Many children who were dependent on USAID for food could die as Trump has made Elon Musk, accountable to no one with free rein to gut USAID as a cost-cutting measure, despite its being a mere fraction of the federal budget.
—Darin Stewart, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Free rein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20rein. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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