reining

present participle of rein

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reining
Verb
  • China's official gauge for manufacturing activity showed a smaller-than-expected contraction in September as Beijing intensified its efforts aimed at curbing industrial overcapacity amid sluggish domestic demand and global trade disruptions.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Some developers will even build their own parallel roads, curbing costs for ITD, Wald said.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The leather straps for restraining limbs are still there on opposite ends underneath stacks of paper.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Darcy said that when a person is resisting officers, their knowledge of the person having pre-existing medical conditions is not enough to prevent them from restraining someone combative.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Soliman’s legal team filed statements from all three balking at how DHS had cherry-picked their research.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As age checks become more commonplace across the Internet due to regulatory pressure globally, people motivated to defend digital freedom are balking and increasingly banding together, Gerfdas said.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Mental health isn't about identity and constraining you.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The result is a labor supply shock that economists say is constraining hiring, piling on pressure even as demand softens simultaneously.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to my company's 2025 IT Trends Report, 44% of IT professionals cite a lack of real-time visibility into network connectivity as a primary factor impeding their productivity.
    Douglas Murray, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The criminal complaint says authorities are charging Henson with damaging government property or contracts and assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Higher tariff costs are hampering Nike's efforts to turn around its business.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The rains brought the state capital to a standstill, seriously hampering preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja — the biggest annual festival of Hindus in West Bengal state.
    Reuters, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Officials from the Mason County Sheriff’s Office also arrested Marlana Strausbaugh and William Strausbaugh, who now both face charges of hindering prosecution or apprehension and complicity in aiding escape.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Salmo now faces a slate of charges, including second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, riot, and obstructing and hindering a police officer.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The club does know that goaltending remains an issue, moving McDavid and Draisaitl to the same line weakens centre on the second and third lines and that Savoie is a better fit for the Draisaitl (second line) than a checking unit.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The burden for checking this abuse of power has now shifted to the states and to the people themselves.
    Trena Turner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Reining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reining. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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