How to Use take the reins in a Sentence

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• Postecoglou did take the reins in the 79th minute, though.
  — Elias Burke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
• Word out of Green Bay is Love is ready to take the reins.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• Guest bartenders take the reins here, and the soundtrack is heavy on hip-hop.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
• During the game, Atkinson let his players take the reins a bit.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• 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
• The Hurricanes brought in a transfer to take the reins at quarterback last year.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
• Long will now officially take the reins at the tax agency.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
• 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
• The thinking at the time was that VanVleet would serve as a steady hand for the team’s young core, and as a bridge to the future until Thompson was ready to take the reins.
  — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
• But starting in 2018, the family decided to take the reins.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
• Budget chairman Graham says the Senate will take the reins to advance its plan.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Biden is facing mounting calls to step aside and let someone else take the reins against Trump in November.
  — Lauren Sforza, The Hill, 10 July 2024
• Batiste had come to Jaouad three different times asking her to take the reins on painting the instrument.
  — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• 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
• How could rank amateurs take the reins of such a powerful office?
  — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
• Her son, Howard Edward Butt, would later take the reins and grow that business into the statewide chain Texans know today.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2025
• 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
• 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
• So Islas, named captain before the turmoil, decided to help take the reins.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• But the Niners also kept swinging and fortunately found Brock Purdy in the 2022 seventh-round to take the reins.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
• 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
• But there have been rumors on fan sites lately that the director is being considered to take the reins of the next James Bond movie, which is still without a star.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• 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
• But the public does tend to pay a price when eccentric visionaries take the reins of government.
  — Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
• For a time, everyone thought Peter Edsall — a longtime Foo’s and Oak 63 employee — might take the reins.
  — David Hudnall july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
• Honda was likely looking for a partner to help take the reins after exiting its deal with GM.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2024
• Someone, anyone, needs to step up and take the reins here, as the Flyers have looked formidable otherwise.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
• Let Stanley Tucci take the reins with this best-selling foray into Italian food.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
• 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