reconcile
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Sitting judges arguably have the best informed perspective on this Supreme Court: They must apply its jurisprudence, reconcile its contradictions, and confront the real-world effects of its rulings.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
“She has helped me quite a bit reconcile letting go of what I thought my career trajectory was going to be and embracing a new one,” Hodge said.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
The prince has since said he wishes to reconcile with his father, but relations appeared frosty on the eve of the visit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Scientists working on concepts such as string theory and quantum gravity are attempting to reconcile quantum mechanics with Einstein's theory of relativity, one of the biggest unsolved problems in modern physics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
A later commentary tried to reconcile the three commentaries by the method of pilpul, the result being a happy one for someone who enjoyed pilpul but quite strained as far as I was concerned.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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There is nothing that reconciles those two decisions through any logic or law.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
With key data blacked out by the government shutdown, officials lacked the usual information that often reconciles differences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Another early highlight, Reliquia, chops and splices a chamber quartet into unrecognisable electronic patterns, as Rosalía reconciles herself to the idea that she loves too hard, and locates the beauty in that vulnerability.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
More like a short story, recounting the evening from Hart’s point of view as he reconciles with the fact that his former creative partner Richard Rodgers has created a hit with Oscar Hammerstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
But habit and tradition have reconciled us to these things in their native forms, and Mr. Morris's skill reconciles us to them in his modern and composite English.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
Graham reconciled their relationship and backed his re-election bid.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
My father and I eventually reconciled at his house a few years after I signed with the Braves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Dwayne Johnson’s performance in “The Smashing Machine,” for all the film’s flaws, cleverly reconciled the dissonance between the outward images of masculine power and internal feelings of self-loathing.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
He wrote back, and they reconciled in person when he came to see her in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
In time Hattie became reconciled to our marriage and used her connection to us to her best advantage.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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“When heirs cannot reach a unanimous decision, the executor’s role becomes pivotal. Executors are tasked with reconciling conflicts,” Hancock Whitney adds.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
The exercises are another step toward reconciling the one-time adversaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
He told Europe's nuclear summit that "nuclear power is key to reconciling both independence, and thus energy sovereignty, with decarbonisation, and thus carbon neutrality".
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Already, Safdie is back on Marty, leaving Kay somewhere else entirely, reconciling her broken dreams and what may very well be the end of her professional career.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
What comes next is even more difficult: reconciling the new information with what we already know, or think we do.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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