just deserts
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It felt too easy or expected or, in some ways, also too just, in a way that didn't feel like the real world, for her to get her just deserts.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 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
What a fitting way for Bruce Rollinson, coach of Mater Dei, to get his just deserts.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2022
There will be England fans who feel it is an overdue serving of just deserts.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2021
Theology has changed, over the years: just deserts used to be what everyone could expect to get, in the end.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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