comeuppance

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In which we explore whether or not UConn’s stunning victory was a cosmic comeuppance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Highlights included Hot To Go, with its viral YMCA-style dance routine; and the snarky comeuppance anthem My Kink Is Karma, which Roan dedicated "to my ex who is in the crowd tonight".

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

And villains typically, though not always, get their comeuppance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

They did Gigi dirty, and I hope I'm around to laugh when comeuppance finally arrives for those responsible.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2023

I felt an unpleasant mixture of fear and shame — fear that I would get some cosmic comeuppance and shame that I had abused the trust of my adopted family.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela