understand
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“When our bodies finally wake up and understand what has been happening throughout all these years.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Hollywood keeps asking what made the monster, because a monster with a making is a monster we can understand — and contain.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"We understand that you may be scared to come forward, but we urge you to contact us," Davies said.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
But as a point guard, he admits his job is to speak up more, to help organize the offense, to make sure some of his nine new teammates understand what Lakers coach JJ Redick expects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In school, I’m one of six Black kids in a specialized music program; I have hair my classmates don’t understand and a complexion that garners assumptions.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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That is why a lawyer who understands the issue -- and even speaks the child's language if it is not English -- is necessary.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Two people have died following what's been described as a workplace incident at a road in County Down, BBC News NI understands.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Maye understands that his performance so far simply hasn’t been up to snuff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"That has to be within the control of a UK, preferably UK-owned firm, but certainly a UK firm that understands the ethics and way that the NHS works," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Her voice is kind, as if maybe she understands why today was bad.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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But until I read its headline writers telling me that Red Sanders’ 1949 beginning with four wins while I was at Fairfax High was before the “modern era,” I hadn’t understood that I’m ancient.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It is understood that ministers will try to implement the changes before the start of next year's summer holidays.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Magnetoreception remains one of the least understood senses found in nature.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Vaccine hesitancy should not simply be understood as a lack of scientific knowledge among the public," Daniel Fritz Silvallana, a health communication researcher at Deakin University, Australia, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
And they both thought that they understood each other perfectly.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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“I think luckily for me, I started my career in an offense that was similar to that, and just understanding you never know when it’s going to come, but just to be ready,” Thybulle said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Understanding his temperament and character is also the starting point for understanding why Barcelona, not Real Madrid, is where his career has turned next after leaving Man City in the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
That theoretical work helped provide a framework for understanding the superconductivity enhancement observed in the new experiments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
It helps deepen understanding of how AI could go wrong, while at the same time raising public awareness of the technology’s risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Mutual understanding, leading to amity and good relations.”
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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