understand
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It also helped Korkejian understand that she wasn’t attempting to interrogate or re-create memories — her recollections were too fragmentary for that — but to capture and preserve the feeling within them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
In turn, Wang will likely seek to understand how serious the EU is in threatening to deploy its trade defence armoury against Beijing.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
“Couture” is a film of grief and gratitude, and how the two feelings have more in common than we understand.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
"If he needs to tell me something or teach me something, he takes his time. He makes me understand it."
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
Why lying down was such a crime I could never understand.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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