just deserts
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Kakkar has a later over-the-top turn as the elderly Alexander Iden, who gives Cade his just deserts despite her character’s conspicuous frailty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
“Belief in just deserts was negatively associated with risk perception and positively associated with human rights restrictions,” the study reads.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
There will be England fans who feel it is an overdue serving of just deserts.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2021
To some, his fall was just deserts for a flashy millionaire and gleeful self-promoter.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2021
It would get its just deserts soon enough.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
