reckon
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Kansas City, as usual over the last decade, will be a force to reckon with — especially at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
And they reckon the program could cut its shortfall by 40% by limiting COLAs to the dollar amount received by those at the 30th percentile.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Some developers turn to pre-built, commercially available engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine, rather than reckon with the challenge of coding from scratch.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The prime minister, however, will also have to reckon with growing questions about how the attacker—Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, people familiar with the matter said—slipped through security to work such a sensitive route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
I reckon they thought they had to keep rewarding her for not dying.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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She reckons people keep using Meta’s products even when they don’t particularly like or trust the company.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
The senior currency analyst reckons traders should avoid chasing U.S. dollar strength through Asian currencies broadly ahead of the Fed’s meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
He quotes the current chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, who reckons in the next few decades we can cure all human disease.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Indonesia business could remain the key downside risk as tighter liquidity could weigh on lending margins, while lower recoveries from older loans may push up credit costs, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
“She reckons you only just arrived on time for the match. How come? You left here early enough.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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England had, belatedly, arrived at this World Cup as a force to be reckoned with.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Researchers reckoned that 25% of the money paid to U.S. hospitals is blown on administrative costs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Yet for now, the most harrowing issue the AI industry has reckoned with so far appears to be in remission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Olsi reckoned it would probably start up again in the autumn, though, regardless of those survey results.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Scraper pain, not axed pain, so I reckoned I'd be able to walk.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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England edged towards a World Cup exit after their points chase against Papua New Guinea descended into a chaotic and error-strewn 34-12 victory that will almost certainly prove insufficient in the final reckoning.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu in the South Pacific, an atoll chain reckoning with rising seas, acidifying oceans and outbreaks of tropical disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
I still think the debt-fueled AI build-out will eventually face a true reckoning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
This is a patient, deeply considered work, yet one electric with idiosyncratic detail and the discomfort of reckoning with the realities of class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
I found several large cans and used one of them to start the “time” can again, dropping five pebbles into it so that the reckoning would begin again from the night of the storm.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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