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School children have outings to waterworks to understand how precious the resource is, and households have embraced water-saving devices for shower heads and toilet cisterns.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Khanal had earlier told reporters on Saturday that Nepal needed greater research to "understand the changing dynamics of the Himalayan ecosystem" and the risks they pose to the landlocked country, encircled by India and China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

"If we understand why something happened, we have a greater chance of identifying ways to change it," Creevy said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

I understand and appreciate everything my parents have done for me.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

I never could understand all the fuss over clothes.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“We don’t think it’s a bluff,” said Citrini in its report, but it did concede Bessent understands the value of an ability to scare investors into doing his job for him.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Gudrún Geirsdóttir, a professor of higher education at the University of Iceland, said she understands the concerns of the fishing and agriculture industries but believes Iceland would benefit from exploring EU membership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Nobody really understands what it’s like to go through something like that until you’re living it,” said Jake, 34.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The audience instantly understands that this is Schoenbrun riffing on their own intellectually minded approach, and that Kris is a self-insert character for the movie’s writer-director.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

When you are a person who cares for any other person, you must decide and decide again to care, she also understands.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

"My Asian friends immediately understood the flavour, while my British friends were much more confused about whether it was supposed to be sweet or savoury," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The military has also historically understood something Hegseth apparently does not: Morale does not come from pretending everything is fine.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 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

For most of the species included in the analysis, the researchers found that human impacts could not be fully understood by looking at landscape modification alone.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

To my relief I honestly did not know any of the names he read— now I understood the wisdom of the ubiquitous “Mr. Smit.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Islanders have been asked to record sightings of eels in a bid to help build a greater understanding of the fish.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Even so, the research provides another glimpse into changes that may occur long before Alzheimer's becomes clinically visible and underscores the value of basic research aimed at understanding and, eventually, anticipating the disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Try to approach him from a place of gratitude and mutual understanding, rather than conflict.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Americans are sold a linear understanding of professional sports.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Like he was close to understanding everything, and yet everything was taking too long to reveal itself.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste