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reckoned with

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past tense of reckon with

as in considered

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill.

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Recent Examples of reckoned with The Vatican crafted the document as the church reckoned with the role traditional Christian teaching had played in the Holocaust. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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