understand
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"We realized that, to understand what was really going on, we would need to use more innovative technologies and map out the fine-detailed architecture that enables the virus to bind to cells."
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
Aside from a friend of a friend, he said he hasn’t found many people who can relate to the experience of watching his wife, a chemical engineer, struggle to understand her current reality.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
In remarks in March in Toronto, Macklem said risks in the private-credit world may be growing faster than policymakers’ ability to understand and mitigate them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
But at the recent G7 summit, Trump was caught on a hot mic, cryptically saying to European Council president António Costa, “You understand — Greenland.”
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026
Because only the Hollanders could understand the Dutch text, we would translate aloud in German.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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