understand
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Machchhar said years of aviation experience allowed him to understand what was happening even while he was injured.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
I only posit that it’s important to understand art — especially contentious art about pertinent crises — on a cellular level to learn what it, and our responses to it, can teach us.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Atonement” wants you to do more than sympathize with them, preferring we understand the varying degrees of guilt, sorrow and anger that have led Mariam, Lou and Michael to this fraught reunion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"I'm really happy with it, but I'm happy for the country, you understand?" he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Now I understand the true meaning of the word.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Two people have died following what's been described as a workplace incident at a road in County Down, BBC News NI understands.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Say this for President Trump: He understands the stakes in the AI race with China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"That has to be within the control of a UK, preferably UK-owned firm, but certainly a UK firm that understands the ethics and way that the NHS works," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
But at a certain point as systems develop no one fully understands what they’re doing, their actions can’t be fully predicted, only observed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
I feel like Gregory is the kind of person who understands that life’s just more mysterious than most people think, and is okay with leaving it like that.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
It is understood that ministers will try to implement the changes before the start of next year's summer holidays.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
DeMaio questioned whether Weber understood what Proposition 39 proposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mr. Gates underscored this in the Klein interview: “There’s never been a product that’s less understood in terms of what its capabilities are than AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Although alpha-synuclein has major clinical importance, researchers have not fully understood the cellular processes that cause it to accumulate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
They trudged on, and soon Torak understood why the Nanuak had tired Renn.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Neither capable of growth nor understanding, he’s that guy with just one punchline.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Domino’s success depends on understanding the consumer better than anybody else, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He said the community had been "very understanding" that the force can "only talk about certain things".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I think at this point I have a much better understanding of things that lead to him making good plays.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A family member who was an inventor, maybe, who might have a deep understanding of telephone technology.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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