reckoning
Example Sentences
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Read on: The calm before the systemic reckoning.
From MarketWatch
Whether tactical victories accumulate into strategic success or merely postpone strategic reckoning, we cannot yet know.
From MarketWatch
Hargeisa, capital of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, abuts hot spots like Somalia and Yemen but lacks the constant coups, wars, riots, terrorist attacks, ideological reckonings and other usual attractions for roving correspondents.
The Steelers and Ravens, meanwhile, enter their showdown both reckoning with major problems.
The #MeToo movement promised a reckoning, but cases like this suggest the industry’s response remains uneven, particularly when money and power are concentrated in one person.
From Salon
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