final reckoning
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A final reckoning with the Dervishes came 16 years later, at the climactic Battle of Omdurman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Others believe the final reckoning is still unfolding.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
The final reckoning with the maniac is so eye-poppingly directed, you’ll forgive the abrupt ending.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
“I don’t know how to weigh the balance and come up with a final reckoning, but I know that this revenge is sour,” wrote George Packer in the Atlantic, analyzing the killing of Zawahiri.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022
Not the fear of age or death, but that of a far greater hurt: the pain of life's final reckoning, of uselessness and barren seed.
From Oberheim (Voices) by Leadem, Christopher