understand
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"I hope it will go some way towards helping people understand what happened on that exceptionally hot and challenging day."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But one can understand why Ms. Paulus has trimmed the last act in particular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
To understand how these experiences can physically alter the developing brain, the researchers focused on the ventral tegmental area.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Without that piece of information, adults and kids alike may not understand why a child who excels academically struggles with seemingly simpler tasks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“La, I understand why you’re doing this. But fair warning, you’re making a difficult thing nearly impossible.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But there is some evidence that the earlier a girl understands herself, the sooner she can design a life that works with her strengths and needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Carney understands the stakes, and he has intentionally and carefully drawn a line.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
BBC News NI understands more than 100 people were booked onto the cancelled flight that was due to leave Enfidha-Hamamet Airport three days ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The labor movement understands what is at stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Though we have little soap, she understands, and we give it a good scrub and let it dry in the courtyard.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
That’s something the filmmakers Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi seem to have understood since the early 1970s, when they first joined forces—he as director and cinematographer, she as producer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It is understood the portrait will remain in the coming weeks, while discussions continue among MPs and parliamentary authorities about a permanent fixture.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives frustrated over how the potential of AI and concerns over safety were not understood or being taken seriously enough.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Postpartum psychosis isn’t widely understood, which is why, at least in part, this trial is so misunderstood.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Charles recognized Estelle’s handwriting and her perfect French, “not a word of which was understood by Miss Fox.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
But understanding the fantasy and accepting it are two different things, separated by a sea of unwarranted shame.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Like Minteh, Sarr is a right-sided winger and has Premier League experience but the understanding is that Palace are not open to selling the Senegal attacker this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
One way or another, Anthropic’s looming IPO stands to reframe the market’s understanding of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Though she showed many classic early childhood indicators — sensitivity to noise, extremely limited food preferences, rigid adherence to routine and difficulties understanding social nuances — no one suggested she was autistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Autumn nods in understanding and creeps toward the television, her form as lithe as a mountain lion.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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