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Derby's AI chatbot Darcie received several complaints for struggling to understand the local accent.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It is essentially part of psychological training: this way we understand if the personnel are ready for stressful situations ... and how they fight their fears," said Axel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Although the phenomenon is common throughout the animal kingdom, scientists are still working to understand the biological processes underlying it and why it has persisted over evolutionary history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Having inherited a degree of prosperity unknown to earlier generations, they need scarcely understand the economic freedom, enterprise, risk and discipline that produced it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
How could I explain what I did not understand?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"We've also spoken with the party involved. He understands, but of course, he's also grieving because he also lost his child," Bendijo added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Once the viewer understands where Refn is headed, they can submit themselves to his grotesque neon visions.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
BBC Sport understands that there have been preliminary discussions between the three confederations over breakaway competitions, should Infantino remain in situ.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
However, the BBC understands this was not the case.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It is my first time trying out my newly learned words on a native speaker, and when she understands, it feels like magic.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
In response to the service inquiry's recommendations, it is understood the MoD has updated its policy on managing asbestos.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
More than half of borrowers surveyed said they hadn’t understood the terms and conditions of their loan before taking it out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Each new burial altered how the available space was organized and understood while still taking earlier burials into account.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The second phase is now understood to have been scrapped.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Clearly, she had not understood until then the magnitude of their loss.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The findings, published in Nature Physics, could improve scientists' understanding of materials that display superconductivity, magnetism, and other electronic phases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Then, in “The Closing of the American Mind,” Allan Bloom described the educational denouement: universities failing to transmit serious understanding of the Western inheritance while teaching students to distrust its claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The campaigns were infused with the revolutionary spirit of the time but underpinned by Bailey's forensic understanding of the law.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Showing awareness could suggest a degree of mutual understanding," but feigning ignorance signals that the issue could become a key bargaining point in any future talks with Trump, Hong said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Constance, can’t you be more understanding? I’ve business to attend to. Men’s business. And the club’s accommodations are far more suitable for that sort of thing than this ridiculous frou-frou of a house, what?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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