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He tracked Chávez down to learn more about his efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It includes lessons that employees like Julia Gao, a 23-year-old software engineer, have had to learn quickly as their roles have radically changed in a matter of months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I started making short videos for learner drivers to actually learn something outside of driving lessons and to learn things which they need to know for the driving test," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Rice is a dietary staple for more than half of the world's population, but scientists still have much to learn about its nutritional makeup.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
It is always possible to learn from dogs and in fact the longer I’m with them the more I understand how little I know.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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“But he’s young and he’s still learning the program and playbook. Once he learns, we’ll get him in the game a little bit more.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
She added that she enjoys traveling with a group of strangers because she usually learns something new.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
In F1, one quickly learns to never say never, but the chances of the Dutch Grand Prix returning to the calendar seem remote for the foreseeable future.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Deep Cogito applies several techniques, including large-scale reinforcement learning, in which a model learns through a combination of penalties and rewards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
On the Congo’s one long manene Ada learns to walk, amen.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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In a recent case, a patient of mine learned through his portal that his previously cured cancer had returned and metastasized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He has also learned leatherwork and other crafts and has taken dozens of e-courses ranging from Wine 101 to Suicide Prevention and Protecting Yourself While Responding to Earthquakes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sheeran’s tour will proceed as planned, The Times has learned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
BBC News has learned that the number of cots in the units earmarked for intensive care has not yet increased as planned.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The building, we learned from one of our platform mates, had been designed to hold four hundred.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Martin Greensmith, 37, only learnt Steven Shevels, 61, was his biological father shortly before their encounter behind The Queen's Head in Willington, County Durham, on 24 December, Teesside Crown Court heard.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
During her courses, she learnt about tinting, waxing, facials and massage, which was taught as a separate module.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
She found it so effective that she learnt about other breathing techniques and incorporates them into her work as a life coach.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The family initially thought Daniel died from a heart attack - but over the inquest, they learnt that was wrong.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It smelt of reindeer and red deer and beaver, and fresh blood -and something else: a new smell that he hadn’t yet learnt.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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The changes were accompanied by higher D-serine levels in the hippocampus, a brain region essential for learning and memory.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Brittan died before learning that the police had dropped their investigation and that he had no case to answer.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
With no one left to protect her, she’s learning to look after herself and those she cares about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
When I started working, I started learning what an incredible place it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Third option: How much are you really learning at school anyway?”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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