just deserts
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“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
What can you say about people getting their just deserts?
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 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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