final reckoning

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A final reckoning with the Dervishes came 16 years later, at the climactic Battle of Omdurman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

And yet, in the final reckoning and when that pain has subsided, England's point here is another valuable step on the road to Qatar.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021

The consequences are lethal, and the final reckoning is as devastating as anything I’ve seen in a recent film, musical or not.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

In the final reckoning, comparisons between last week’s demonstrations and the destruction seen in 1968 may not be apt, according to George Derek Musgrove, associate professor of history at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2020

Then, with the grim acquiescence of our deserted allies, the still bloody sword would be turned upon ourselves, and that great final reckoning would have come.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various