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The government said its new bursary would remove a barrier to young people taking on apprenticeships, allowing them to "earn and learn".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Therefore, we need to learn how to manage fires that creates their own wind -- this is something relatively new.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
People make mistakes, but true leadership requires taking responsibility and admitting them so that we can all learn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
It was better not to learn their names.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
His western suits, the Brilliantine in his hair, his buying the shop and letting me learn from Mr. Lew had all given me that impression.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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The reader is an outside observer and learns about things in a realistic manner.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
“We’re talking about making films the traditional way using the talent that learns their craft either by doing shorts on YouTube, or doing things in a non-traditional manner.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
In New York’s Catskills, the cradle of American dry fly fishing, a total beginner learns the sport—and its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
In an interview with the Financial Times, the Turing Award winner lamented that, although "he learns fast," Wang has "no experience with research" and was on "a dead end" quest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Celia has never spoken with either of the Burgess sisters at much length—Lainie is more talkative than Tara—and tonight she learns in greater detail the touches that they have put on the circus.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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"I soon learned that women across the UK were receiving treatments I had not been offered, and Northern Ireland was behind the times," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Once I learned what a roux was, I wanted every meal to have one.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
He learned guitar to play rhythm during his 2025 shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Financial terms of the deal couldn’t be learned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Then a prison boredom—which I soon learned to fear above all else— settled over the cell.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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In the wake of the announcement, Magyar said on Facebook that he had learnt of the alleged raid from Fidesz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
On Friday evening, Berlin state finance minister Stefan Evers was appointed to replace him as the CDU's lead candidate, AFP learnt from internal party sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He also learnt a new skill for the movie: "I did a lot of swordfighting, which I loved".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
He was so obsessed, his childhood friends even nicknamed him "Abdi America" after he learnt to speak English by watching Hollywood movies.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Back home in them mountains, I never learnt no reading.”
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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“It led me down a path of learning a lot about microplastics and endocrine disrupters and how bad they are for your health,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
McCreary sees new endeavors as a learning experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The singer-songwriter Carly Simon says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's and is "learning how to live" with the "sometimes frightening" condition.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The time-restricted group also tended to make fewer mistakes on tests involving memory and learning, although that difference did not reach statistical significance.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
It’s what I had thought a dozen times myself, that I was lucky he was championing my work and my learning, that without Luc I could not have succeeded here.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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