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Their pogoing second album, Where’s My Utopia, saw Smith reckoning with the cost of fame and allowed the band to play some of the biggest gigs of their career.—
Nick Reilly,
Rolling Stone,
18 July 2026 Yet Western militaries have failed to reckon with these innovations in warfare, planning and spending as if nothing new is afoot.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
18 July 2026 The filing arrives at a time of crisis for the publishing business, which has recently been forced to reckon with a steep drop in younger readers.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
16 July 2026 Fifteen years into his career, Future reckons with the blurry line between truth and persona and loses touch with the vulnerability that made his best work so enduring.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reckon with