Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, families of protesters who were killed are reckoning with their deaths.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

“We look for places where they are reckoning and we try to support what they are trying to do.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Ninth graders are reckoning with their own mortality.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022

Growers across the country are reckoning with this harsh new climate reality.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2022

Those who are looking for the exhaustion of Germany on a copper basis are reckoning without knowledge of German resources.

From The Audacious War by Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker)