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She said she had received "the most heart-warming messages" from fellow mothers and praise from fathers who credited the book with helping them to understand what their partners may have been going through after birth.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The machine of justice was so grinding that Figueroa did not understand he had been sentenced to death until he got to San Quentin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Companies need to understand the scope and seriousness of data center opposition and broader AI anxiety for what it is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Scientists still do not fully understand why this happens.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
“I’m sorry, La. I don’t mean to keep pushing this, but I need to know with one hundred percent certainty that you understand the situation and that you will not interfere with the gold Flash.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
What a viewer understands after a few episodes is that the characters, while having clearly defined orientations, will throw “identity” aside for a chance at real love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The BBC understands that the draft agreements will also include some references to UK involvement in defence cooperation schemes, access to law enforcement databases and some reassurances over the EU's "Made in Europe" plans.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
She is also a loyal and loving mother, who, as she proves in the season finale, understands the power of clear-eyed assessment and a really good chili.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The BBC understands that Business Minister Kate Dearden will meet with senior Poundland executives later this week to discuss the company's threatened insolvency.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Then Mama told me how she can’t wait for me to come home and she’s been so lonely and nobody understands what she’s been going through.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
But he said that he understood that the review had "rejected" their assertions of bullying.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Speaker from Louisiana understood, as he likes to say quoting John Quincy Adams, that “duty is ours; results are God’s.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
He understood what Star Trek meant to people and embraced the community that grew around it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“I understood that this will not be fast,” she recalled, anticipating the ups and downs her child faces ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Gingersnipes’s eyes widened as she understood that this was her job now—a fact that seemed to fill her with pride and panic all at once.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
While many commissioners supported the idea, commission staff said the benchmark was too stringent to employ without understanding how the new sand placement will fare over the next few months or years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Nevertheless, understanding the income bands where one tax rate ends and another begins is important for tax planning — especially when everyone’s looking to get the most out of their money right now.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
They are also better at understanding accents, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
For now, the findings represent an early step toward understanding how a naturally occurring muscle repair pathway might be strengthened.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Maggie’s “preacher” promised and promised, never once understanding why the Fox women had grown skeptical.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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