reckon with
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Kansas City, as usual over the last decade, will be a force to reckon with — especially at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some developers turn to pre-built, commercially available engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine, rather than reckon with the challenge of coding from scratch.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The prime minister, however, will also have to reckon with growing questions about how the attacker—Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, people familiar with the matter said—slipped through security to work such a sensitive route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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
Yet this view fails to reckon with the persuasive powers of Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller, which played the crucial role in creating momentum for the H-bomb.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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