understand
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Scientists are still working to understand exactly how its volcanic history unfolded and how those early processes produced the world we see today.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
They have to be happy and understand we are in the right way.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I understand having a deluge of information from many sources and just being confused and having concerns,” Jones said at the news conference.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake catch and tag the chi to better understand their behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He’d never remembered that moment of kindness, for he’d been too close to death to understand what was happening.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"Western intelligence understands a great deal about China," says Sam Olsen of Sibylline.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rosales understands a gendered reality that our current society sweats to suppress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.”
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
To this day no one quite understands what happened next.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The Real Madrid and France forward, 27, said he understood there was a "funny side" to the AI-generated meme, but that it downplayed serious issues.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
I assumed that a substantial speaking engagement involving preparation, travel, presentation and follow up materials was understood to be professional work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Everyone’s enthusiasm feels revelatory: We’re watching kids embrace their sense of play and a gray-haired woman who understood the need to keep that exuberance going like a well-tended flame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
For weeks, Louise said there was lots of "clinging to hope" about missing people being found but it was understood that anyone on or above the 77th floor of the South Tower had died.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Clearly, she had not understood until then the magnitude of their loss.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The foundation co-sponsors the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA, which “celebrates the memory of Daniel Pearl as a prominent journalist who dedicated his life to bringing joy and understanding to the world.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
However, understanding how this process works could help researchers find ways to increase it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Behind the turnaround: Friday’s inflation report was hot, but not so scorching that it dramatically shifted investors’ understanding of the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Schanzer contends that learning about 9/11 and understanding its impact remains crucial for younger generations without first-hand knowledge.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Roz, on the other hand, had no trouble understanding.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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