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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
Why do you reckon “Eyes Without a Face” is having a moment?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
After McVeigh got caught, news outlets had to reckon with the choices they made in the hours after the bombing.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
But films about this specific form of gun violence provide audiences who have otherwise had to bury their grief with the chance to reckon with the reality.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
“I reckon he was scairt somebody would see him doin’ housework,” said I, grinning.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing reckon
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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