understand
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Learning about this island in the Caribbean — with its outsized reputation and long shadow — is how I’ve come to understand him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
"You're trying to understand something you've never thought about before. It's a crash course. It's very deep and extended and it's still with me today in many ways."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
A week isn’t enough to understand a war, but as your Global View columnist absorbs an avalanche of impressions and information, three things seem clear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Scientists still do not fully understand why left-handedness has persisted throughout human evolution or how human culture may have helped reinforce right-handedness over time.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
“I could not understand how anyone would pass up on pillowcases full of candy for a party where she thought she might see a boy she already saw every day at school,” Avery says.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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