understand
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He came to understand that the veterans were not merely remembering trauma; their bodies were reliving it—but never processing it or letting it go.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Store-count milestones are easy for investors to understand and often produce strong valuation narratives, especially when companies position themselves as long-term consumer penetration stories in China’s smaller cities.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Impacciatore: A couple of days ago I was fighting with my boyfriend and it was a very bad fight and I really wanted him to understand my reasons.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Following all serious crashes, the teams "debrief immediately afterwards", she said, because it was "important we understand any learning from those incidents and what we can take into our future planning".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
I’d come to understand what the girl in the locker room had meant when she said a touch of the exotic, what Mr. Haber had meant by atmosphere.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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