comeuppance

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In which we explore whether or not UConn’s stunning victory was a cosmic comeuppance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Highlights included Hot To Go, with its viral YMCA-style dance routine; and the snarky comeuppance anthem My Kink Is Karma, which Roan dedicated "to my ex who is in the crowd tonight".

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

No final comeuppance, no order from the court that meant more than paper.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

Back in the 1990s, the California-as-disaster-epic narrative was tinged with some gloating — a comeuppance for a star-making destination that for decades was America’s post-war wonderland.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

But here in my moment of comeuppance, she arrived at my shoulder almost like an angel.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama