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reckon

[rek-uhn] / ˈrɛk ən /




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None of this is easy to reckon with.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 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

The actual policy consequence of this will have to reckon with rising global energy prices, pressure on household budgets, and some impatience from North Sea energy interests to pump more oil and gas.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“Lad, you haven’t even begun! Navigation—that’s something else again! Want to learn it? I reckon I could teach you.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Land monetization should also support earnings, with recent deals expected to boost 2H profit, she reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Halliday thinks the squad "shouldn't be that imbalanced this late into the transfer window" and reckons they need "three centre-halves, one left-back, two, arguably, three wingers".

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Mr. Brunt, whose previous book was a biography of Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the eponymous engine, reckons that by 1910 Russia was second only to Germany as the most “dieselized” country on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 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

Dumbledore reckons You-Know-Who’s getting stronger again as well?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

“Google is a powerful force to be reckoned with,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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

The inspector general also found $12.6 million in “questioned costs,” plus another $64.5 million in funds that it reckoned the Social Security Administration could “put to better use.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

Ben Gannon-Doak was the worst person to sit with, reckoned Curtis.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

We still had a Mile, we reckoned, before we reached the Channel to Hog Island & from thence back to Land.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

But according to leading tech investor Eileen Burbidge despite the concerns there's not yet a serious reckoning.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

By late 2024, Almosawi faced her own reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

I would add that the Salinger myth also delayed a reckoning with his most famous character’s mental health.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

“Seventy-two hours through the Roaring Forties. Seventy-two hours by dead reckoning, and then you enter Salem Harbor. Why, you...begging your pardon, ma’am, for what I’m thinking.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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