understand
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"We understand the pain people are in, and our teams are working diligently."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
"At the end of the day, you understand very, very quickly that literally there is nothing that you can do at this point in time," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“When you have this undisclosed content, people don’t understand that what they’re watching is an ad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Erskine agreed, making notes as he read the manuscript, trying hard to keep up with the numerous unnamed characters and to understand the time frame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“There are no words. Very few, anyway. It is mostly drawings, maps, that sort of thing. You’ll understand when you see it.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Orizondo says he understands the reticence among Cubans to see foreign investors buying up something as sensitive as the rights to arable land.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Maye understands that his performance so far simply hasn’t been up to snuff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"That has to be within the control of a UK, preferably UK-owned firm, but certainly a UK firm that understands the ethics and way that the NHS works," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Britain is in talks with EU partners to release additional strategic fuel reserves, including diesel, if needed, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Not everyone fully understands the true power of ABBA, but you'll be hard-pressed to find an Iranian who doesn't love their entire catalog of music.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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"Vaccine hesitancy should not simply be understood as a lack of scientific knowledge among the public," Daniel Fritz Silvallana, a health communication researcher at Deakin University, Australia, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
DeMaio questioned whether Weber understood what Proposition 39 proposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mr. Gates underscored this in the Klein interview: “There’s never been a product that’s less understood in terms of what its capabilities are than AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"In two dimensions, the conformal field theories are not as well understood, so this is an exciting opportunity," Sun says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
And without my ever saying anything, I knew she understood all my own fears, about Papi, about the bombers that might come any day now, about the war.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Domino’s success depends on understanding the consumer better than anybody else, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
James said the attackers appeared to know he owned cryptocurrency, but had little understanding of how to access it.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I think at this point I have a much better understanding of things that lead to him making good plays.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Candidates must also show "understanding" of social rules and demonstrate expected pension benefits equivalent to someone who has paid pension insurance for 30 years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
In an hour they had gone from some coded, genetic fear of fire, to understanding fire, to missing it when it went away.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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