understand
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“I really am struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced in this,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"We want to raise more awareness of this and for people to understand, this is tough," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"This is a fast-moving situation and we're still gathering details. We're working closely with local authorities and officials to understand exactly what happened," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in the statement.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Alexis adds, "If we want to achieve long-term control of peoples' tumors and prevent tumor relapse, we have to focus on these dormant quiescent cancer cells, and have to understand more about them."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 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
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He understands this, but it doesn’t alter much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The funny thing is that nearly everyone I have shown the counter to understands the appeal immediately.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
To its credit, Porsche understands that an electric car’s performance includes charging performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The BBC understands that Cole Worthy and the four others then set off in the Passat to find the Volvo.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mr. Fabian understands why music is so hard for me, but will Ms. Parker?
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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I wouldn’t lie, but I really understood that about Ian’s generation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In doing so, the exhibition would “consider how the artistic achievement should be understood alongside ethical accountability.”
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Its understood the search was on for someone outside of Northern Ireland and who is not a politician.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Unlike the nuclear sphere, where rules have been broadly understood since the Cold War, hybrid warfare escalation is "largely undefined", he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Handing the trap back to me, Mama sighed and said, “Well, between your father and your grandpa, it looks like I can’t say ‘No.’ But, Jay Berry, there’s one thing I want understood.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Even so, locating treatment-resistant regions that already exist inside tumors and understanding the cells that support them could eventually help researchers develop more effective combinations of cancer therapies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Violence has decreased since a US-Iran memorandum of understanding on the broader regional conflict in June and the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement later that month.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
There is a growing realization that combating scams means understanding the psychology behind why people fall for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Tielemans' pre-season appearances seemed to be based around developing an understanding with skipper Fernandes.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
I can’t make him understand, when he’s committed to not understanding me at all.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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