reckoned

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Moyers asked Brennan if he reckoned that the Framers intended to insulate justices “from the pressures of politics so that you could follow the light of reason?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The EIA reckoned that in 2022, emissions from burning coal accounted for about 20% of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions and 55% of CO2 emissions from the electric power industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

When Hiku raced through to touch down another excellent May kick, it seemed the contest was over with Hull KR's 26-point lead, but that reckoned without the Broncos' remarkable powers of recovery.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

The Wharton Budget Lab, meanwhile, reckoned tariffs brought in $33 billion in revenues through the first five weeks of this year, most of it from the new tariffs imposed by Trump.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Ann was soon a power to be reckoned with at City Hall, at the DSS offices a few blocks away, at the public housing projects, and wherever poor black people protested unfair treatment.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson