understand
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"I think the Diamond League is a fantastic concept that should be cultivated. It will take a long time before people understand what an Ultimate Champion is," Warholm told Norwegian media outlet VG.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
You are in a 60,000-seat stadium and it’s not the easiest thing to do, but having other people understand, ‘Let’s move on,’ that’s where he did a really good job.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"To understand one day that you think you're important to somebody, and then all of a sudden you're not. They discard you like a piece of garbage."
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The push into single-stock perps is part of a race among Wall Street’s new-age powerhouses to serve investors with all manner of exotic trading opportunities, including bets critics say are risky and hard to understand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
And because of all those things, I now fully understand why the Flash has to take place.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Steve is in for a very rude awakening, and the fact that he can’t see it coming just shows how little he understands the job he’s asking for.“
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“As a woman of color that has come from that similar background as me, I know that she understands what it is to be a woman of color in this society,” Hoda said.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
BBC Sport understands there is no obligation on players to sign on to LIV 2.0, regardless of whether they had previously signed multi-year contracts with LIV Golf.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She understands why Dr. Mann kept suggesting yoga and meditation.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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It is understood the discussions on Friday morning will take place virtually.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Copper’s price rally has to be understood through this prism, Cryer maintains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Hunter understood that the play would have to change from one medium to the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Little understood until the mid-20th century, the disease eventually became a catalyst for breakthroughs in molecular medicine, including advances in SCD treatment that were made possible by the gene-editing technology called Crispr.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
To let her know that I understood, and was happy for her, I smiled and nodded my head.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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The ministry also stressed the importance of ties with Madrid, saying Morocco had chosen to pursue relations based on "good neighbourliness, political understanding, economic partnership, and security cooperation".
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Freedom, in this understanding, doesn’t require the destruction of inherited institutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Loktev’s friends had become mine too — their personalities, politics and future prospects as important to my understanding of the world as if they worked in the next cubicle or lived on the next block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Neither designation is inherently correct; what matters is understanding which one you’ve chosen and whether it reflects your wishes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“My brother, Casper, is napping,” Ivy said, easily understanding.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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