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And it was reconciling those two things within this one character that I think made her the most human.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Scientists have had a love affair with Tennyson, known as “the poet of science”, since 19th century naturalist William North Rice was reconciling his love of geology with his Methodist faith.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

But part of the challenge was reconciling the woman with the legend.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

By the time Glenn learned of the heat shield problem during his third orbit, he was reconciling himself to the likelihood that he would have to calculate his own angle of re-entry.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2016

It was not the long, bleak sunny days of spring, nor yet was it that time was reconciling her to the town of her habitation.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn