understand
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Researchers at the Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, set out to understand why.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
He has been receiving private instruction to understand his role of blocking specific defenders and adjusting when linebackers blitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
I understand the usual arguments — reducing future RMDs, avoiding higher future tax brackets, and creating tax-free assets for heirs — but I’m not sure they carry much weight in my particular case.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the past, it was uncommon for federal prosecutors to pursue charges against noncitizen voters who didn’t understand that it was against the law for them to vote.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The doctor’s voice is gentle, but Joey and Renato both understand the gravity of her diagnosis.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The BBC understands around 140 women have signed up to the updates.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ryan Lucas, aka “The Pickled Guy” on social media, understands this firsthand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Castillo, at a hearing earlier this year, said she understands the concept of gene-editing animals for health reasons, but doesn’t want to see the alterations for cosmetic reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Fields said he understands the college recruiting grind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Her voice is kind, as if maybe she understands why today was bad.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
It is a secret code that cannot be fully understood by outsiders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tisa Wenger, a professor of American religious history at Yale Divinity School, said religious liberty has long been understood as “an all-American ideal that many Americans are very proud of.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Italian heavyweights Juventus and AC Milan, plus Galatasaray, are all understood to be keen on the Portugal playmaker, who has a £57m release clause available to overseas clubs.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Few people understood this effort better than Ladislav Bittman, a senior propagandist in the Czechoslovakian intelligence service who defected to the West in 1968.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I lived for these moments, this tight connection with someone, the growing sense of understanding another person—and being understood.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Violence has significantly decreased since the signing of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding in June on the broader Middle East war and a US-sponsored framework deal between Lebanon and Israel later that month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Even more remarkable was how the AI found it—and the invaluable role Sumner played in the breakthrough despite not understanding any of the math, reports Ben Cohen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Our friends over at the Slate podcast Slow Burn are good at taking events that we think are settled history, then unlocking a new understanding of those stories through interviews, archives, and fresh analysis.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
"It can be quite lonely... with society not understanding the impact it has," says Annalisa de Carteret, a pet loss support manager at animal charity Blue Cross.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
You step into her line of sight, give her an understanding smile.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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