reining

present participle of rein

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Marquette University launched a new police unit focused on curbing reckless driving around campus just a few months before two student-athletes died in a crash about a mile from campus.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Stop & Shop lowered its prices on thousands of items in late August, in a separate initiative, but a company representative told the Herald that curbing shoplifting remained on its radar.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If consumers or businesses perceive stablecoins as more practical, the state may face the awkward task of promoting one digital form of the yuan while restraining another.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • First, both Washington and Beijing now have proven weapons that are restraining the aggressive instincts of the other side.
    Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Not only are moderate Republicans balking at cuts to Medicaid, which were made larger by the Senate, but conservatives are also up in arms over the massive increase in deficit spending, also increased by the upper chamber.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Higher tariffs are weighing on manufacturers and exporters, while immigration restrictions are constraining the supply of workers in industries that rely heavily on lower-skilled labor, such as construction, agriculture, retail, and hospitality.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There are talent shortages constraining the development of these sectors.
    Vilius Kavaliauskas, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Former Klamath Tribes Chairman Jeff Mitchell, a longtime advocate for dam removal, told The Arizona Republic in 2024 that his tribe had suffered from the dams impeding salmon migration years before the downriver tribes.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But that kind of government involvement carries any number of risks, like impeding overall economic growth or making US companies less competitive around the world.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With few credible projects elsewhere, and with legal and political battles still hampering California, the outlook isn’t good.
    Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Since Ruben Amorim’s arrival at Manchester United 10 months ago, the team’s struggles to score goals have been hampering them.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The senior Lebanese official warned that continued Israeli strikes on Lebanon are hindering government efforts to disarm the group.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Armstrong was on probation for a case in Georgia involving charges of first-degree cruelty to children, false imprisonment, simple battery and obstructing or hindering of law enforcement, records show.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s no one checking tickets.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This section shows up near the top of your profile, giving you a serious opportunity to influence those who are checking you out.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Reining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reining. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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