reckoned

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Moyers asked Brennan if he reckoned that the Framers intended to insulate justices “from the pressures of politics so that you could follow the light of reason?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Speaking to The Times about the tune, Diamond reckoned he “said more in less words than in any other song I’ve ever written.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

"I think Pakistan is a power to be reckoned, and very much Pakistan is a player. Its geography is so unique that it cannot be ignored," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Musgrave reckoned he could have finished fourth, but too much heat and too many Norwegians counted against him in Tesero in the north of Italy.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

The end of the spy wars left the CIA with a lot of cleaning up to do and unresolved questions to be reckoned with.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau