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Fedorova's employers said Wednesday they were astonished to learn of the expulsion order, which they said amounted to "a particularly serious infringement of freedom of expression".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
He tracked down veterans to learn more about his missing father and worked to ensure POWs’ sacrifices were recognized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“And I’ve been really proud of what he’s been doing and how he’s taking accountability for some of the things that we can learn from.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They learn to inhabit perspectives that are not their own, and to recognize the humanity within them.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
“You will watch your recap, and you will continue watching recaps until you learn the importance of a second. We will get this simulation on your schedule for next week.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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“There are consequences within our family and we will make sure our son learns from this accident.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Get familiar with this term, because it basically means AI teaches itself and then learns and works on its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
At the hospital, Jack learns that the man behind the wheel was Governor George McRyan, a presidential hopeful polling extremely well in the primaries, who left a campaign event with Sally as his escort.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
In an interview with the Financial Times, the Turing Award winner lamented that, although "he learns fast," Wang has "no experience with research" and was on "a dead end" quest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“This one learns as much in one day as most do in a year,” she smiled.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Traore learned his first playbook in a matter of days, which is like learning a new language.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
I’ve learned so much about business from doing that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The executives learned about the passion of “Jeopardy!” fans when Sony tried to replace Trebek with Mike Richards, the program’s executive producer at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
We are living through a crisis of empathy and, more precisely, of empathy not being learned.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
I would’ve graduated in another year, but by now I’d learned everything that would help me run the store with Ba, which was what I’d decided to do.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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In the wake of the announcement, Magyar said on Facebook that he had learnt of the alleged raid from Fidesz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
On Friday evening, Berlin state finance minister Stefan Evers was appointed to replace him as the CDU's lead candidate, AFP learnt from internal party sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
"No lessons have been learnt at Pentonville prison, no procedures have been put in place to prevent these deaths," said Saroj.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
He also learnt a new skill for the movie: "I did a lot of swordfighting, which I loved".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
If you have learnt that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, if you have looked it up on the map, you say you know it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Reformation uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to rapidly gauge customer reactions to products and forecast future demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her persistent concern is about the near-omnipresent odor and whether it will disrupt learning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Traore learned his first playbook in a matter of days, which is like learning a new language.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The hippocampus is a brain region that plays a central role in learning and memory.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Like Brie wants Teddy to do— instead of learning to write his name before he’s ready or needing to put every piece of a puzzle in the right place.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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