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Along the way, Segev has had to learn how to be a CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
We can’t eliminate normalcy bias, but we can learn to recognize warning signs before they become emergencies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the first half of “Peck & Peck,” we learn that Batter has been named after a family dog whose superhero escapades were recounted in reverent tones throughout his childhood by his mother, Rainey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"You learn a lot in games like today," Iraola said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Earl, didn’t she try to learn French just because of that song?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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“Sometimes she has a new perspective and sometimes the world has changed. But in every case, she’ll take responsibility when she’s made a mistake and learns from it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Once a person learns the technique, it can potentially become part of ordinary daily movement without requiring continued use of specialized equipment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Maria soon after learns that her father, from whom she has been estranged for decades, has been murdered in an Alabama beach town, leaving her his house and worldly goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Their weights, or the numeral parameters that the model learns throughout the training process, can be downloaded directly and run locally.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He learns about the Holocaust, Anne Frank and the Jews.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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I knew that U2 had worked with Dolly — I’d heard the track already, and we listened to it again, having learned of her death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
I learned most of my U.S. history from C-Span, and life goes smoother when you “Pretend to Know Something.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"If there's one thing I've learned it's that compassionate care makes such a difference to families."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Michael, Bono told an interviewer that you were together when you learned that Dolly Parton had died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Although I’ll never be able to control it, I have learned to master it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Griffith said she felt "sadness and frustration that women had to go through these experiences" for the review to happen and she wants lessons to be learnt across the industry.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gradually, they learnt how it worked and grew confident using it.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"And I feel like I learnt to do that too," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Have we learnt from it? No, I think we're bad at learning… It was so obvious as a Commander that we were heading for strategic failure".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
When we first acquired the motor-boat, my youngest sister was four and I was seven, and by then all of us had learnt to swim.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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“We’re learning a ton from our Ukrainian partners,” Gen. Grynkewich said in an answer to a question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
She initially released the video and spoke to the San Francisco Standard last week upon learning of his upcoming hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Raman and her team have defended her various policy shifts, saying she made them after receiving new information, learning about changed circumstances or simply giving an issue a second look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
For years, people with the condition were assumed to have profound learning disabilities but Romi, who uses special eye-gaze technology to communicate, is hoping to challenge that belief.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
I was fast learning that our work schedule was dictated solely by the master’s needs, not by ours, and definitely not by any conventions of the outside world.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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