understand
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However, researchers still did not fully understand why rainfall was increasing or how the island's weather systems were changing over time.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
"What I still cannot understand is this," Lutnick said.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
But organizers, on the other hand, understand how much audiences would relish a Scheffler-McIlroy slugfest.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
He added that he’s “racked” his brain to understand the case involving McCluskie and his longtime political consultant, Dana Williamson, both of whom he described as “very highly accomplished people.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
What I did understand, what was awful and alarming, was that this was the day I was to start school.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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