back in harness
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Kay, played by Nicole Kidman, is newly back in harness as the chief medical officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a job she’d held before being pushed out some unspecified years earlier.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
France-based stars Marcos Kremer and Juan Cruz Mallia, who missed the two Test defeats by England in July, are back in harness, while eight of the starting XV are established Prem performers.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
Even better for the tourists was the sight of Steve Smith back in harness, batting just as he did in the first Test at Edgbaston.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019
He added that he was looking forward to getting back in harness.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2014
"And two weeks exactly before you can get back in harness," declared the man of medicine.
From The Boy Allies Under the Sea by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
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