understand
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"These plans have been formed following engagement with community leaders to best understand local concerns and to ensure that the Jewish community that enjoy this special period without fear of harm," they said.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
With this, scientists hope to better understand dark matter and dark energy, which are invisible but make up 95% of the universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“I can fully understand the anger within society,” said the Indian leader, looking hurt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"America must remain dominant in the AI race that is the future. I think the American people understand that, and this president certainly does," his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Why lying down was such a crime I could never understand.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“He’s cautious about how he reacts. … He doesn’t want people getting ideas on whether something is good or bad because he understands others have better product sense.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Dickson said the company understands the factors dragging on Old Navy’s performance, and is taking steps that are improving results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are arriving back in the UK today, BBC News understands.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But there is some evidence that the earlier a girl understands herself, the sooner she can design a life that works with her strengths and needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Maybe neither of you understands this, but being a Spare means we will be the town outcasts our whole lives.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
It is understood extra capacity will also be created by immediately beginning work to create new cells in existing prisons.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
This speed-up could have been caused by ocean conditions, the effect of which is not yet well understood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
What to do about it is well understood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“She did something so economically irrational and inexplicable that it would make no sense other than when understood in the context of defendants’ scheme,” the filing stated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
As a celebrity himself, Elisha understood Maggie’s life on tour, and the many temptations put in her path.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Scientists hope Roman’s observations, paired with other cutting-edge space and ground-based telescopes, will help settle whether dark energy is constant, or if the recent measurements point to deeper problems in our understanding of the universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Professor Stefan Iglauer, from ECU's School of Engineering, said the results bring researchers closer to understanding how hydrogen production might work in real underground rock formations rather than only in controlled laboratory settings.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
But all summer, the understanding has been that if the club bring in the attacking players they want, they would not stand in the way of Gakpo if a solid offer came in.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Try to approach him from a place of gratitude and mutual understanding, rather than conflict.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
The fox and the rat stared at each other, Clare trying to understand what was going on, Nine trying to gauge how much Clare was understanding.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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