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“I understand people have been here a long time. People fear change. I understand that feeling,” said Center for Biological Diversity’s Miller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

One thing you have to understand about the channel’s selections up front: Few of them are “original” stories in any regard.

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

"We track what's happening and where, because our relatives, friends and colleagues are all over Kyiv and the region, so at least we understand what is happening and where," Reshetnyk said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

He said talking therapies had helped him understand his condition and develop ways of managing it.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

How could he explain about death when he didn’t understand it himself?

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Ryan Lucas, aka “The Pickled Guy” on social media, understands this firsthand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But Meg is a true comedian in that she understands not only how to improvise within the lane of the scene, but also the give and take.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rideaux understands the weight that comes with being a part of Hussle’s first posthumous release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Opposition leaders are now demanding he apologise to Takaichi, but Albanese's position is that it was the host who made the joke, not him, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

And then, like the wind understands the importance of the moment, it shifts toward the sea.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Although he understood Opel's need to remain competitive globally, he worried that a strategy of cutting German engineering expertise could eventually "come back to haunt them in the long run".

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Looking at it, I understood immediately why someone might happily pay cocktail prices for a drink without alcohol.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

"It took diligent detective work from Ryleigh before we understood what we were seeing," he says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

It is a secret code that cannot be fully understood by outsiders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

A bird fluttered down to a low branch and chirped as though he were saying something to Red, and I had the feeling she understood the bird, even though she pretended not to notice.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

The human played an invaluable role despite not understanding any of the math.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Violence has significantly decreased since the signing of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding in June on the broader Middle East war and a US-sponsored framework deal between Lebanon and Israel later that month.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

"It can be quite lonely... with society not understanding the impact it has," says Annalisa de Carteret, a pet loss support manager at animal charity Blue Cross.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

There was something about seeing that rushed bullet point list, and finally understanding why it looked that way, that sent a shiver down my spine.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin