reckoning

Example Sentences

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Let’s hope that April 12 will prove to be a day of reckoning.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

To see why these verdicts are social media’s “Big Tobacco moment,” as Slate’s What Next: TBD put it, it’s important to understand how Silicon Valley evaded this kind of reckoning for so long.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Teffera added that nations who took part in the slave trade were still reluctant to confront their history and that a proper reckoning is a crucial part of restorative justice.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Sunday’s accident comes at a moment of reckoning for U.S. aviation safety, long viewed as the global gold standard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

I called the waiter, paid the reckoning, got into my coat, put on my hat and started out the door.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway