understand
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“To understand the crises in front of us, we have to understand our history.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
First you have to understand, I'm afraid, the labyrinth of Whitehall's process.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
And when I think back to the time I stared into the abyss and lived long enough to understand what it meant, I know this: we can’t become a generation that looks away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
That still leaves the question of whether investors rushing to buy the ETF understand exactly what they are getting.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“You tried, this time. But remember—you have no cards except the three for you, Opa, and Tante Betsie. There is no underground activity here, you don’t understand what they’re talking about. . . .”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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