understand
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So, we're still struggling as a pair of drivers to understand that completely.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
"But now you need to understand marketing, management, internet traffic," he said, adding that without those, even good technique "is useless".
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
Alberto, whose primarily language is Spanish, struggled to understand the outcome of his case as he was ushered out of the courtroom, about three hours after his 8:30 a.m. appointment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
“I hear this as if people don’t understand. I think they understand quite well,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
What I did understand, what was awful and alarming, was that this was the day I was to start school.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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