reckoned
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In order for the plan to work, all sororities would have to abide by it, Cutforth reckoned, and so the vote would have to be unanimous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Amanda: "Yes, be a force to be reckoned with! Isn't that what they say?"
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
CVL was careful to specify that its estimates only reckoned “employment capacity at risk” and wasn’t “a forecast of layoffs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Now, it holds one of the world’s most important energy corridors and has to be reckoned with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They had reckoned I would not have the initiative or wherewithal to defend myself; they were mistaken.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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