understand
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Sometimes it looks like that, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes we play well, sometimes we haven't, and I understand that.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
"We firmly hope the government will understand that when something's working, you don't have to change it," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
A person who owns even a single share has a reason to understand markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Once you understand what you both can actually afford, you can discuss an equal percentage of income to contribute to rent, utilities, household expenses and other combined necessities.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
But then I began to understand that she wasn’t judging me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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She is also a loyal and loving mother, who, as she proves in the season finale, understands the power of clear-eyed assessment and a really good chili.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
What a viewer understands after a few episodes is that the characters, while having clearly defined orientations, will throw “identity” aside for a chance at real love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be cut but it is likely be a sizeable chunk of its 16,000 workforce, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Yet Flores also understands that the last thing he can become is predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“I almost think she understands what we say.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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But the moment she saw it, she understood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
“I understood that this will not be fast,” she recalled, anticipating the ups and downs her child faces ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
For Fuller, these exceptionally energetic neutrinos are among IceCube's most exciting discoveries because their origins and the physical processes responsible for accelerating them remain poorly understood.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
"If external scientists have never studied a species, then potential risks cannot be accurately understood, let alone mitigated," the letter read.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 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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It really transformed my understanding of just the energy and effort to create a single pearl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Consider this an entry point to understanding the issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
For now, Malaysia has agreed to explore a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia to strengthen wildfire prevention efforts.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Gene flow across such large distances adds a new dimension to our understanding of how Gravettian populations were connected."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
It’s not like our other friends bust him for the way he is, but I can tell they’re not as understanding as I am.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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