reckon with
Example Sentences
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“Football’s all of a sudden starting to reckon with the new climate realities,” said Elliot Arthur-Worsop, founding director of Football For Future, a pioneering U.K. nonprofit and co-publisher of “Pitches in Peril.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Those hoping Burke's raw pace or Calvin Miller's ability to beat a player could put them into contention didn't reckon with Clarke's way of doing things.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
But even free-spending Big Tech companies have to reckon with the impact of inflation driving up borrowing costs—and that’s an even more acute pressure for ordinary consumers.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
More than 90 local governments across the country, mostly small towns and counties, have considered or enacted limits on data-center construction, as communities reckon with the local effects of the global artificial-intelligence race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Now, the heirs of those Virginia planters could never directly acknowledge this legacy or reckon with its power.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
