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Cannon has said that Routh will be allowed to address jurors and witnesses from a podium but will not have free rein of the courtroom.
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Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Losing Fed independence is like giving free rein to emotional, irrational decision making.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Take Snell’s 2023 Cy Young campaign, when the left-hander allowed base runners close to free rein.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
With real pressure from Washington, Addis Ababa and the Tigrayan administration should be able to marginalize the reckless factions that are seeking to exploit the situation—and finally bring to heel the Middle Eastern powers that have for too long enjoyed free rein to meddle in the Horn of Africa.
—Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
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Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Losing Fed independence is like giving free rein to emotional, irrational decision making.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Take Snell’s 2023 Cy Young campaign, when the left-hander allowed base runners close to free rein.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
With real pressure from Washington, Addis Ababa and the Tigrayan administration should be able to marginalize the reckless factions that are seeking to exploit the situation—and finally bring to heel the Middle Eastern powers that have for too long enjoyed free rein to meddle in the Horn of Africa.
—Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Free rein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20rein. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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