understand
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“And it’s only an unfortunate circumstance of this huge epidemic that we were able to get samples and look at chains of transmission and really understand what the virus is doing to people.”
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
“I was relying on Reddit forums to understand what was happening to my body,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
BBC Scotland understand the league body also intends to speak to the Scottish government about finding new ways to tackle the issue of pitch invasions.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
It’s not trivializing this summit or missing the point, I would argue, to understand it as first and foremost a semiotic spectacle, conducted through language, symbols and signifiers.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
It was not the badger’s job to understand why the Afterlife had brought her to his door.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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