understand
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"I understand they've inherited a prison system that is in trouble," she said of the government.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"I chose this path and I understand that today I'm being held accountable for those decisions."
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
While I completely understand not wanting to manage people, saying that outright in an interview probably isn’t the strongest approach.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I still don’t understand why they disliked it so much.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“I understand, but you didn’t answer my question: Do you want to move out of Davey?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Although he is very different from the power-hungry second son he plays on TV, Mitchell understands him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
BBC Sport understands people were having to queue for about two hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
But I don’t think Nolan understands that’s what’s happening here, and that’s because his “Odyssey” doesn’t have anything new to say about the original text or his beliefs as a filmmaker.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
SharkNinja understands it has limited power to regulate AI-generated content on TikTok Shop, according to Shah, its CCO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
From what he understands, the plant, which only has about forty on-site workers at any given time, has become a refuge for Applied Energy Services, and Southern California Edison employees.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Those who worked alongside him in the Northern Ireland Office say he understood the political tightrope involved in the job, and in that way he succeeded where many of his predecessors failed.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It is understood that after his round on Saturday, DeChambeau visited Darbon, where his request to gain possession of his scorecard from the previous day was declined.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Kuhn, Schiller writes, understood “the tension between the social so-called nothingness of old age and its vibrant realities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The finding suggests that their evolution was more complicated, and more mysterious, than scientists previously understood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
For the first time Jonah actually kind of understood that viewpoint.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Prices had rallied in the early hours to fresh one-month highs, as U.S.-Iranian fighting further disrupted the recovery in supplies that many had anticipated when the two sides agreed to a memorandum of understanding.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
That’s good news for fund managers with understanding investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"If we want to conduct a thorough assessment of low-frequency sounds and infrasound, we first need a better understanding of how sensory systems process low-frequency sound and infrasound," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding meant to halt the ongoing hostilities last month.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Constance, can’t you be more understanding? I’ve business to attend to. Men’s business. And the club’s accommodations are far more suitable for that sort of thing than this ridiculous frou-frou of a house, what?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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