reckon
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They reckon that this backdrop means companies will have to provide sufficient confidence in their guidance if they are to arrest the current slide in forward estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Lestat is made to reckon with what’s presented as “failures” in both his mortal and immortal lives, he can’t quite own up to being a true monster, because that’s not what he really is.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Now he has to reckon with what he’s done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
In a column published in the Financial Times, Klement warned that “supernormal” profits probably won’t persist forever, and that at some point, investors will likely need to reckon with financial reality.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
“I ain’t got time right now. I reckon Miss Love knows how to make a stranger welcome.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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However, subdued domestic demand and well-anchored inflation expectations should help limit broader price pressures, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
But it demonstrates the mounting interest the industry is showing in secondhand clothing, as fashion reckons with pressure to lower its environmental impact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
MISC’s latest long-term charter award from Malaysia LNG reinforces its LNG fleet renewal strategy and should improve operational efficiency while reducing fuel consumption, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Should the BOJ accelerate policy normalization, two more rate hikes are likely this year, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Fleur keeps going on about underground tunnels; she reckons we’ve got to find treasure.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Blue-collar workers globally have reckoned with growing levels of automation, from mechanized arms welding sheet metal to mixing paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Did you find yourself having an existential moment as Jeremy taking in what Carmy was wrestling with, or have you reckoned with it before?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
To the outside world, it was to signal that Russia was no longer weak but a power to be reckoned with.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The inspector-general’s office reckoned that thousands of widows and widowers may also have missed out on more than $100 million in benefits through claiming errors that they should have been advised against.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
The way the government people reckoned a child’s age was to ask him to lift his arm, reach over the top of his head, and touch his opposite ear.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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But according to leading tech investor Eileen Burbidge despite the concerns there's not yet a serious reckoning.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Newsom faced renewed criticism for the affair during the 2018 governor’s race amid a larger reckoning over sexual misconduct in politics, corporate America and Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Japan has not sold off its Treasury bondholdings, no Treasury auction has failed, and people have predicted a Japanese debt reckoning for 30 years while being wrong every single time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
I would add that the Salinger myth also delayed a reckoning with his most famous character’s mental health.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
For even Dennis Hoagland understands that in every betrayal dwells a self-betrayal, which brings you that much closer to a reckoning.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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