understand
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To better understand what happened, researchers used advanced computer simulations to recreate the ancient impact that produced the SPA basin.
From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026
Most people understand that AI tech can be used to ruin our lives or improve them, but at this point the constructive use cases seem few and far between.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
We have to make the connection between the feel and the real so that we can understand each other.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
This month, Piero Ausilio, Inter's sporting director, said: "Curtis Jones - we are paying attention to him. We didn't hide. We understand what the developments will be."
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
The soldier glowers, mutters something in Japanese that Father Julien doesn’t understand, then takes the diary back and places it on a pile of confiscated materials.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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