understand
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Matthew Barera, another Michigan voter told the BBC, he, too, did not understand Stevens' reasoning.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
“I understand what she’s trying to accomplish here,” Bailey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
It’s about how difficult it can be to understand what truly motivates anyone else—even when you get extremely intimate access to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“I think that everybody needs to understand that if women aren’t at the table, things are going to keep happening like that,” she told The 19th.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
I think I do understand what she and Nate have been trying to tell me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The BBC understands the proposals are likely to be revised for most of those currently working in social care.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Yet Flores also understands that the last thing he can become is predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Blumenfield also understands the objection but points out that the ballot already is overwhelming, and that everything in Measure LA addresses a change in governance and efficiency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The couple understands the trade-off — is it better to have cash in the bank or in home equity?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
But that is Louise all over: snippy and skittery, though always first with the news, whether she understands a word of it or not.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Rex Refuela, a 46-year-old tourist from Manila attending his first Panag-aapoy, told AFP he understood the need to be respectful.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
After I was diagnosed a couple of years ago, I looked back at my youth and finally understood why I often struggled with friendships and relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
“They understood that my help was not free money,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Until now, scientists believed they understood the basic way retron defenses operate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
How Nollie understood the gray color-hunger of prison!
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Erik Seiffert, a paleontologist at the University of Southern California and co-author of the study, explained how the evidence has changed his understanding of ape origins.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
The understanding is that because there was minimal contact and it was a slight tug on the shirt, rather than a sustained holding offence, the play was allowed to continue.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Supporters say people overseeing Van Nuys and LAX should have a firsthand understanding of living near the airports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
"I was thinking me and him had a mutual understanding, and now I feel so stupid," she raged.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
There was something about seeing that rushed bullet point list, and finally understanding why it looked that way, that sent a shiver down my spine.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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