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After decades when retirement was considered part of the natural order, many younger voters are beginning to realize the numbers no longer add up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“We have a homeless problem, and I realize that,” Dace said, but she believes there’s been progress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

It was this plain appeal that made me start to realize what feels good—almost calming—about Chris Pappas’ campaign.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Then you realize, young people just poke at things that are supposed to be already certain and decided. And that’s a good thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

I hear a rustle of paper in the background and realize he’s checking the notes we made; he won’t have the names committed to memory the way I do.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Looking back, Ashby realizes he allowed the enormity of the situation to poison his mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

But now she realizes it was the right thing to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Maybe at first it felt Big Brotherish, but my mom realizes now that she needs to hand this over to me.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Every Republican I’m aware of realizes this year requires a full commitment, in terms of time, effort, resources,” Mackowack said.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The English government realizes by now that they’re not going to beat us easily.”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

However, the benefits of these relationships for average voters tend to be diffuse and realized in the medium-to-long run.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Then we realized there's a family of self-similar solutions during the radiation epoch of the Big Bang, which might model that expanding wave."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

After a few months, however, he realized it felt “more like a responsibility than a home.”

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I realized I had been screwed,” Soglayev said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

But what I had not realized in solitary confinement was that to have companions meant to have their griefs as well.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

You might already be a part of the industry’s experimentation without realizing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s impossible to watch one, let alone all three, without realizing that Schoenbrun has a lot on their mind, sometimes too much for a single film to bear.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Jackson remembers watching his mother on days she picked up her paycheck and realizing that “you go get money for your time working, and then it’s time to pay bills and get food.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Luz Marte, a 38-year-old lab technician, bought her house a year ago, without realizing the site was a data center.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Euwe, in grandmasterly fashion, thoroughly outplayed Bobby until they reached the twentieth move, at which point Bobby, realizing that his position was hopeless, toppled his king in resignation.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady