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
“I’m too young to go to seed, but I haven’t slept properly since I stopped training. Now that I’m back in harness, I sleep like a baby.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
But Chisora, stopped by Haye last time out and who has won one of his past five fights, is so keen to get back in harness he would probably have taken a fight against anyone.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013
“In a short time, you will be back in harness and feel the same keen delight in these old possessions as aforetime.”
From Polly's Business Venture by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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