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

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

London trading ends at lunchtime today, so we’ll have a final reckoning of how the year has played out.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2019

It is now—now—even in these weeks and months that are passing that the final reckoning is being taken, and when once the sum is made up no further effort can change it.

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