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Chris -- 2018-04-11
‘Rees retains Wales Sevens reigns’ (BBC, Sport, Wales, Rugby Tuesday, 10 July 2007
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Welcome to the Eggcorn website. You post title sounds like a great tongue twister to me!
So, is this a use of “reigns” where “reins” is intended? Possibly a malapropism or a misspelling?
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The BBC has now corrected the tilte ;-)
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