understand
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“I don’t trust Iran for anything,” Sherman said, “but it makes you understand these are human beings.”
From Slate • May 1, 2026
So that's the trickiness of these rules and something that we need to get to understand a way out of that.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
To better understand this unexpected behavior, researchers led by Dominique Langin at the University of Toulouse within the I2MC examined where HSL operates inside fat cells.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
“It was already difficult enough for people to understand who does what among the different branches of the Rothschild family,” she told Le Point, a French news magazine, in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
“Uncle Max,” my dad said finally, giving a look I didn’t understand.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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