understand
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I remember pulling through the pages of the book going, “This is me, I understand the cruelty others are showing him, I understand his need for both distance and warmth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Big majorities said the ballot was easy to understand – the same result found in every poll of Maine voters over the last several years.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
And this is not the first Ebola outbreak the world has seen; there are many individuals and organizations who have responded to Ebola crises before and who, through trial and error, largely understand what works.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
“I feel the best I have felt now, because I understand they’re connected,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
We know so much more about the brain today than the Phrenologists and the Whole Brainers did in 1850, yet we really understand only the rough outlines.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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