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force to be reckoned with

Idioms  
  1. see under reckon with.


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If his thesis pans out, Oracle may grow into a competitive force to be reckoned with, but this doesn’t cancel out the fact that Oracle is on far shakier ground than its competitors.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

The fandom behind hit sci-fi series “Stranger Things” is a force to be reckoned with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025

There was a lengthy interview with the subject herself, replete with quotes meant to amplify her image as an iconoclast and a force to be reckoned with.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

Sir Lindsay Hoyle described his father - who died last April aged 98 - as a "force to be reckoned with".

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

Adding women voters made the black vote a force to be reckoned with, and important candidates came to call.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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