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He adds, "Moreover, sooner or later, there may be another coronavirus pandemic, which means we need to learn all the lessons we can from COVID-19 to be better prepared."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I was lucky to learn so much from my degree and found it helpful learning to juggle both university and getting the business off the ground.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Investors must learn to live with uncertainty about any supplies from the Gulf even if an agreement on the strait eventually appears, Christopher Smart writes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The University of Cambridge vice-chancellor Prof Deborah Prentice led the tributes, saying the faculty was "desperately saddened" to learn of his death.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“You shouldn’t feel that way, Lexie. You’re overreacting again. We’d get along a lot better if you’d just learn to chill out.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“Like millions of families facing cancer, we’ve learned what every patient learns: Hope has a face.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
I occasionally see Waymos in New York—but with a person in the driver’s seat, ostensibly able to intervene while the system learns the city’s challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The reader is an outside observer and learns about things in a realistic manner.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The more Yoriko Kitagawa learns of a massive data centre to be built near her home in Hino on the outskirts of Tokyo, the more she worries.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
After he learns to do that, it will be another whole step to make him see that fruit is not a thing he must rely on the hands of mankind for, but grows on trees.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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When to put the books down: He learned not to overintellectualize every decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I’ve learned you’re fighting against time,” Eboigbodin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC’s “This Week” that morale aboard the Lincoln has improved since sailors learned they will finally be coming home.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The students, at least, appear to have learned one useful lesson from them: Always check the source — even when the adults hand it to you.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
I learned something that day from Marlene, about friendship, and I have never forgotten it.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Diagnosed with autism, Arday had said he was non-verbal until age 11 and only learnt to read and write at 18, before becoming Cambridge's professor of sociology of education at 37.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the wake of the announcement, Magyar said on Facebook that he had learnt of the alleged raid from Fidesz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
On Friday evening, Berlin state finance minister Stefan Evers was appointed to replace him as the CDU's lead candidate, AFP learnt from internal party sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He also learnt a new skill for the movie: "I did a lot of swordfighting, which I loved".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learnt it all?
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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The real reason is that the world is learning to live without using as much oil as it used to.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The back story: When Covid sent Yale students home in 2020, Chime and his co-founders decided to skip remote learning and build their company full time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Like the trail, it’s a place with steep learning curves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
"I do think, or hope, that people are learning not to dismiss this very profound and long-lasting relationship so easily."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It's been 150 years since his accident, yet we are still learning more about him.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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