Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reining
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Means, through her book, blog and speaking appearances, has championed holistic health with a focus on whole and natural foods, exercise, and curbing pharmaceutical prescriptions for chronic ailments.—
Sarah Owermohle,
CNN Money,
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With Voight, Paul helped draft a sweeping proposal, centered around a federal film incentive program and tariffs to the government aimed at curbing runaway production.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan, too, should keep enhancing its civil and military defenses while restraining its assertions of sovereignty in cross-strait affairs.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Washington Post via Getty Images Ellis asked Monday about several instances in which tear gas was deployed after her order restraining its use.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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San Diego hotel and restaurant owners are balking at a city proposal to charge them steeply higher fees for their valet parking spaces and on-street outdoor dining areas.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Other comedians have pointed to the inconsistency of balking at performing in Saudi Arabia when other governments around the world also sponsor morally unjustifiable actions.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first practice is constraining memory to the task at hand.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
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Such caveats underscore the weakness of compliance monitoring snapshots in capturing the complex pressures and administrative barriers constraining workers’ ability to exercise their rights on a day-to-day basis.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Six citizens were arrested for impeding and threatening to kill agents.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Martinez has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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And since the deal, Israel has refused to reengage with the agency, hampering large-scale relief efforts.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
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With injuries and inconsistency hampering the wide receiver corps, the Commanders are set to host former Tennessee Titans first-round draft pick Treylon Burks.—
Josh Buckhalter,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Relieve Compaction Excessive traffic on a lawn causes the soil particles in the turf’s root zone to press more closely together, hindering access to water, nutrients, and oxygen.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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Can what’s hindering the Chargers’ defense be fixed in only a matter of days?—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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Parents everywhere will be checking their local forecasts the days leading up to Halloween, trying to get an idea for how to pack before heading out with their kids to trick-or-treat.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Pap smears look for cervical cancer by checking for abnormal cells in the cervix that could become cancerous.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Reining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reining. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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