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lesson

[les-uhn] / ˈlɛs ən /




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Actually, she says, an imperfect,-always-evolving garden is “a good lesson for life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“I tell my Taiwanese friends—without much success—that you have gotten the wrong lesson from Ukraine,” Kausikan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau are learning an old lesson.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Good work, however, won’t be denied, even if Broadway producers have perhaps overlearned the lesson of last year’s sleeper, Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“He seemed nice otherwise. I hope he learns a lesson from this.”

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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