understand
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Following that dream also meant moving from Northern Ireland to London - a decision some people struggled to understand.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“We’re sorry. We understand why this image is deeply upsetting and recognize that we got this wrong,” Converse said in a statement to Footwear News on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
If you can’t understand the rewards for socially acceptable behavior, you’re bound to be seen as rude, callous, even apathetic—like someone with FTD.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some funds are “getting sold mainly on yield,” he noted, “and people don’t understand the risk that they’re taking for it.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
How could I explain what I did not understand?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The company hopes the community understands how hard it has tried to limit the damage from this disaster, Lehmkuhl said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The BBC understands the company owed tens of thousands in unpaid prizes to its customers before it stopped trading.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He cares tremendously about humanity and understands that an insolvent U.S. can’t solve our problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
BBC Sport understands some leagues and the lawmakers can't find a consensus.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He peers at me intently, and even over Zoom, I can tell he understands why I need to do this.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
I understood that it was not culturally acceptable in Russia to confront an older person of authority, so I steeled myself.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Look, Jerry, look” was such a line, and we understood that everyone besides Jerry was supposed to look, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
A son of rice farmers in Northern California, Chatfield understood the plight faced by migrant families early on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Carly Brookfield from the DIA said she understood gaining new skills online but said there were risks.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
To my relief I honestly did not know any of the names he read— now I understood the wisdom of the ubiquitous “Mr. Smit.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“The hard part of a long-distance relationship is there is a component of fantasy that could creep in that clouds understanding of the relationship or what is going on,” Bobby says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
But she has also requested administrative files and financial records, to get a better understanding of how the home operated.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Yet this may be his first that’s less eat-the-rich and more invested in empathetic understanding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I hope to keep making records, but I also have the understanding that I have the freedom and liberation to be able to make a record and not necessarily worry about its commercial prospects.”
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
It’s not like our other friends bust him for the way he is, but I can tell they’re not as understanding as I am.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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