reckon
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Ben's prediction: Palace lost 3-0 to City home and away last season, but I reckon they will nab a goal this time.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Those who were closest to the events reckon with the decisions that brought them there—and with the people who were left behind when the last plane departed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But like it or not, he must learn to reckon with the heightened expectations and speculation that comes with simply being good at his current job.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
"I said: 'Do you reckon they will be able to do it?' Within five minutes he brought it back up and it was done. It's really nice."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Since it is the solar year, not the lunar year, that determines the time for harvest and planting, the seasons seem to drift when you reckon by an uncorrected lunar year.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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As an ex-teacher, Jenner reckons she has no fears appearing before politicians in Cardiff Bay.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Woodland Trust reckons there are only 39,000 of them left, while the Save Our Reds campaign thinks just 15,000 remain, including in conservation areas such as Formby on Merseyside.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Specialty gloves could offer higher margins, but increasing competition may limit pricing power, she reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Spending on transmission, substations and electrical systems should benefit utilities and infrastructure companies, while rising data-center electricity demand provides an additional long-term catalyst, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Fleur keeps going on about underground tunnels; she reckons we’ve got to find treasure.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Olsi reckoned it would probably start up again in the autumn, though, regardless of those survey results.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
That spurred a shift toward one-way attack drones, which Iranian engineers reckoned could still do significant damage, even if they didn’t hit their targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Climate change, land use pressures and drought would all have to be reckoned with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Combine these suspicions with his all-consuming grief and you can see why Swire is such a force to be reckoned with on his quest for a truth he believes has been denied to him.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Adding women voters made the black vote a force to be reckoned with, and important candidates came to call.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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“It’s sort of a reckoning coming: Jet fuel’s up, diesel’s up, consumers are a bit squeezed,” Ferguson said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Communications Minister Anika Wells said big tech was facing a "reckoning".
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It's extremely challenging for post-conflict societies to undertake a national reckoning or acknowledge responsibility for the crimes of the past."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
One of the peculiarities of the Marin cultural scene, at least in Perlis’ reckoning, is that it hardly seems like a scene at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It is pointless to make big plans because you never know when someone is going to wake you up in the middle of the night and say, “The day of reckoning has arrived.”
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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