understand
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These were all the things I had been trying to understand as merely symbolic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
That is why bona fide journalists who understand the law did not wade in.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
His garbled syntax and incomplete thoughts often make it difficult to understand what he’s trying to say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
“I understand why Waller went there,” said Vincent Ahn, portfolio manage at SLW Investments.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
“You tried, this time. But remember—you have no cards except the three for you, Opa, and Tante Betsie. There is no underground activity here, you don’t understand what they’re talking about. . . .”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
That’s a concept that Bianco, a law enforcement professional, surely understands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
If anyone understands how to make something last — filmmaker Denis Villeneuve said at Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art + Film Gala — it is the artist Vija Celmins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Firstman understands the universal appeal of these kinds of films.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
The BBC understands government whips have discussed holding a debate and vote by then, but no date has been scheduled.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
From what he understands, the plant, which only has about forty on-site workers at any given time, has become a refuge for Applied Energy Services, and Southern California Edison employees.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
His siblings say their mother could not have understood what she was signing because she was "desperately unwell".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
“I understood why I naturally adapted to it, or grew closer to the idea of what being a barber really was for me, especially being fourth-generation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
It is understood that Tuchel pointed to the quality of the opposition as a key factor on why they eventually succumbed to two late Argentina goals.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
"Suddenly they understood the spirit of Eurovision," he said of those involved, hailing "the music, the extravagance".
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
But he understood the disappointment Glory was feeling because he’d felt it so often.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The move from “she” to “we” aims to represent an inclusive understanding of beauty, Jolly added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
“This motion builds on existing work and seeks to establish a clearer process for identifying these groups and understanding the county’s options for accountability,” Mitchell said Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
“He really has an understanding of the people’s hair that he’s cutting. It’s a magnetic energy with him and us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Nevertheless, a better understanding of the relationship between different food components and microbial metabolism could eventually make dietary advice more precise and help researchers identify new therapeutic strategies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The shareholders who financed the risk taking had no real understanding of what the risk takers were doing, and, as the risk taking grew ever more complex, their understanding diminished.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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