Example Sentences

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While Americans were reckoning with sky-high gas prices at the pump last year, the country's biggest oil giant was raking in more money than ever.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2023

It was the first weekend in over a year with almost no coronavirus restrictions, and D.C.’s businesses were reckoning with how to keep their employees and customers safe.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2021

On nearby Crocker Street, John Gunn and Margaret Wiley were reckoning Wednesday with the wet mess in their side-by-side tents.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2019

Then he looks all about him, just as if he were reckoning up the odd bits of things; still he says nothing.

From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.

The leaders of both parties were reckoning white and black on their fingers.

From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance