understand
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“There’s a lot of regret. Regret for not knowing more, for not getting more help to understand the threat,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
“Over the phone, they can hear the regret in your voice, which conveys that you understand the impact you’re going to have on other people.”
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
But it would also allow unprecedented control to someone entirely unfit to run a magazine, let alone understand its readers.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
"I fail to understand why anybody... is serving people at five or six o’clock in the morning," he told the paper.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
“My dear, I have good news. I understand that Peter is about to be released.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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