just deserts
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Kakkar has a later over-the-top turn as the elderly Alexander Iden, who gives Cade his just deserts despite her character’s conspicuous frailty.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
However, the study said that there was no significant association between the belief in just deserts and where a person lived, their educational background or their job.
From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2022
What can you say about people getting their just deserts?
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2022
There will be England fans who feel it is an overdue serving of just deserts.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2021
Theology has changed, over the years: just deserts used to be what everyone could expect to get, in the end.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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